Mark Hoppus – 7 Quotes

7 Quotes by Mark Hoppus

I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom’s car in the middle of the night. He’d drive over to my house, I’d sneak out and we’d go out to the desert and just burn things down.

– Mark Hoppus

Parents don’t understand kids and kids don’t understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad.

– Mark Hoppus

Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn’t touch me. It was infuriating to them.

– Mark Hoppus

If we tried to write about politics, you’d realize that we’re all a bunch of idiots.

– Mark Hoppus

The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.

– Mark Hoppus

From a very early age, my wife and I told our son that there are times and places for everything. I told him, look, when you’re in class, you have to be quiet and listen to your teacher, but when you go out to the playground, you can scream and be silly.

– Mark Hoppus

All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn’t define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that’s fine.

– Mark Hoppus