"Look to the past and remember a smile."
That's likely how Tom DeLonge looks back on his time with Blink-182, as we learned In a recent Q&A hosted on Mashable's Facebook page during Comic-Con. DeLonge took fan questions about Blink-182, Angels and Airwaves, film and his new project, Poet Anderson. The Q&A drew over one thousand comments, and we've rounded up some of the best answers below.
While DeLonge chose not to delve into specifics about Blink-182's breakup, he said he still uses the band's energy as a source of inspiration in his current work.
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Apparently they're not listening to all his demos anymore, though.
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He had some sound advice for an aspiring songwriter.
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And showed he knows how to laugh at himself.
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He also may be his own harshest critic.
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As for his new project, Poet Anderson, he was fairly candid about how the idea came to him.
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If at this point you're thinking "what a strange fellow," he would agree with you.
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Which explains why he embraces the wonderful strangeness of Comic-Con.
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Is he weird enough to go to Mars, though?
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And when it comes to his love of sci-fi, he has the same reasoning any of us do.
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