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I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
What I love about Blink-128 is that we write catchy melodies with dark lyrics.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182
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With rock music, it usually revolves around the band. You go in as a band and probably take about a year to record an album. But for a hip-hop song, you can create a track and an idea with verses and choruses in a day, and get three different people on it. It seems like you're able to do more with hip-hop.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
I`ve always liked Dennis Chambers, he`s real flashy.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
I feel like being in a band, you get license to be a kid forever.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
If we tried to write about politics, you'd realize that we're all a bunch of idiots.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
On tour, you never have a home, you don`t get used to anything, and you`re always super busy.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
I guess YouTube is the new destination spot for music videos. That's where I go.
Travis Barker Blink-182
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I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
Enema of the State song is kind of like a tattoo, like a moment in time, but it aged well. It's not like one that you're looking at like, "Aw, God, I gotta get that s**t removed." It's something we're proud of.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
The extent of my personal BMX adventures were all [on] dirt tracks. But just the aesthetic of it that early-to-mid-'80s BMX is something that's just part of me.
Matthew Thomas Skiba Blink-182 -
At an early age I told myself I would never quit skating, I would never quit riding BMX and being a motorcycle junkie. I just can't stop doing those things.
Matthew Thomas Skiba Blink-182 -
We're immature guys playing pranks on people, having fun.
Tom DeLonge Blink-182 -
All the really pretty girls get pregnant.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182
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I think age is just a stupid number.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
Every one of those old songs like "What's My Age Again?" and "All the Small Things" is like a tattoo or a scrapbook or an old photograph. There are just songs that define certain moments in your life. Everyone has a song that got them through a bad breakup or they put on and it made them feel like they wanted to go out and kick the world's ass with their friends on a weekend. Those songs still feel like that to me.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
The process of introducing people to new music is amazing. It's a gift. One of the best parts of any day is when someone says, 'Hey, check out this new band...'
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
There's a lot more responsibility at home, so a tour is like the opposite for me. It's like a breath of fresh air.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
Vegetables....a waste of good plate space
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
I was in a band called Hooker for a while.
Travis Barker Blink-182
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful to be alive! I'm just grateful to be here at all.
Travis Barker Blink-182 -
If at first you don't succeed, pay someone else to do it for you.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
I don't stream or buy CDs... pretty much everything I buy, I do it on iTunes.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182 -
When I was growing up skateboarding, a bunch of friends and I went to this thrift store and as we were leaving I jumped up and passed gas in my friend's face. I turned around and it wasn't my friend, it was this nice old lady who was just walking out of the store. That was probably one of the more awkward apologies I've had to make in my life.
Mark Hoppus Blink-182