"I am neither a god nor an angel, but a man like any other,
and confess to loving those dear to me more than other
men.... Christ had his John, and I have my Steenie."

---------King James I of England

On his bandmate Tom: "We're like one mind in two bodies."

-------Mark Hoppus

"I have always believed in having strong, passionate physical
relationships in the band. It makes things a little
weird and awkward sometimes, but it's worth it."

-------Tom DeLonge

"Doubtless I could not have perceived the universe, or
written one of my poems, if I had not freely given
myself to comrades, to love."

-------Walt Whitman







"I'm sitting here with my bandmates, who are looking especially
fine and handsome tonight."

-------Tom on Channel 93.3 in Denver



"Yeah, Tom puts the mate in bandmate."

-------Mark

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