'The White Album' is a record I can go back to time and time again, and always find something different that I never noticed or appreciated before.

- Mark Hoppus

The naked thing was short-lived. It was only around for about six months because we thought it was shocking. Once people expected us to do it we kind of never did it again.

- 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

During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.

- Mark Hoppus

Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.

- Mark Hoppus

It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.

- Mark Hoppus

I don't have a problem being on 'MTV,' and I don't have a problem being on the radio. I actually like it. So there. And anyone that calls me a sell out is just jealous.

- Mark Hoppus

I like the beaches in Orange County the best. I think Orange County has great beaches. Everything from Dana Point to Newport to Laguna; all over the place.

- Mark Hoppus

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.

- Mark Hoppus

I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.

- Mark Hoppus

There's no doubt that the ready availability of music online has created a thousand more opportunities than it's destroyed.

- Mark Hoppus

It's a real challenge to complete a story arc and end up with a cool punchline in 120 characters.

- Mark Hoppus

I don't want to spend a month and a half in a studio with music I don't like, and fortunately I don't have to.

- 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

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

- Mark Hoppus

I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.

- Mark Hoppus

I don't think of them as teenage songs. The things that happen to you in high school are the same things that happen your entire life. You can fall in love at 60; you can get rejected at 80.

- Mark Hoppus

Getting to meet other artists that I admire is one of the best parts of my job. I don't know if I'd say 'star struck' as much as excited to hear other peoples' ideas.

- Mark Hoppus

We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

- Mark Hoppus

I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.

- Mark Hoppus