“My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference between right and wrong.” ParentDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingTaughtMoralityLenient Author: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.” KindMadeKidsFunHonorOutcastBadges Author: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.” KidsYoungParentDadMy DadDivorced Author: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.” UsedNightHouseMiddleCarMomMy FriendsTownsStealingDesertSmall TownSneakMiddle Of The Night Author: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.” IfsWayWantI CanCountryMoralSonHairFineMoralityHatsMy SonCowboyCompassInstillMoral CompassCowboy Hat Author:Mark Hoppus
“Americans increasingly understand that clean energy is more than just an environmental issue. It is crucial to reducing our dangerous dependence on foreign countries.” CountryEnergyIssuesDangerousCleanEnvironmentalCrucialDependenceReducingClean EnergyForeign CountriesEnvironmental Issues Author:Martin Heinrich
“As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen.” PeopleI CanDesireEnergyTakenSeriousDown AndNervousComposerEntertainingSlow DownCalmingSlowingSlowly But SurelyCalming Down Author:Marvin Hamlisch
“From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.” WritingTryingPlayRememberNextWrittenDown AndPianoTunesMelody Book:The Way I was Source: The Way I was