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.
Mark HoppusI feel like anyone can be a kid forever as long as you have that mindset and attitude towards the world.
Mark HoppusIt'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 HoppusGetting 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 HoppusWe never really set out to talk about California on the album ['California'], it was something that we noticed that was happening about three-quarters of the way through the recording process. We were looking at which songs we thought would make the record and we realised that there was this theme coming through. I think it's just a product of being in California for as long as I have.
Mark Hoppus