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" Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me. "
Activism
Work
Somebody
" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "
Gone
Jail
Prophets
" Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. "
Art
New
New York
" Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. "
Spirit
Hit
Side
" But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible. "
Exercise
Impossible
High
" Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny. "
Used
Funny
Musicians
" Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya. "
Will
Cigarettes
Ya
" Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say. "
Comedy
Words
Truth
" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "
Cosmic
Happens
Me
" Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. "
Questions
Time
Ask
" If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane. "
Take
Me
Paid
" I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight. "
Know
Best
Character
" I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world. "
Musical
Comedy
World
" I love to meet my fans, and after every show I usually hang out for a few hours, talking to my fans, signing autographs, and selling T-shirts. "
Love
Talking
Meet
" I'm a hybrid. "
Hybrid
" I'm as clean as a whistle. "
Clean
Whistle
" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "
I Can
Make A Difference
Life
" I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead. "
Did
Much
Never
" I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always considered myself a 'brother.' "
Man
Myself
Woman
" I've always been into improvisation. "
Improvisation
Always
Been
" I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. "
Been
Serious
Never
" I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny. "
Musicians
Jazz
Day
" I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls. "
Boy
You
Music
" I was more of a weightlifter. "
More
" Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. "
Exciting
Happened
Jail
" Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations. "
Ruled
America
Corporations
" Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back. "
You
Know
Like
" Music has always been a big part of Cheech & Chong's career, so it's just natural. You know, I was a musician before I met Cheech and had a record with Motown, and so I've got the cred. "
Music
Always
Career
" My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material. "
Beginning
Positive
Me
" No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in. "
Used
Well
Sit
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