164 Quotes by Mark Hoppus

If at first you don’t succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.

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.

Now everything is available at the push of a button, and that thrill of the search is gone. With vinyl albums and special edition releases, I feel like that’s coming back.

California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity – when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else.

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.

As a producer, I’m an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It’s a step back from the intimacy of creation.

I don’t really have any secret shames. If I like an artist, I like them. Nothing to feel embarrassed about.

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.

You guys are lucky, cuz in Europe, like you can show boobs on TV and like in magazines and what not. We’re Americans so the slightest, the slightest glimpse of a nipple will...