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" Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny. "
Tommy Chong
Used
Funny
Musicians
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" You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it. "
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" Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. "
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Happened
Jail
" The smartest billionaires I know never finished high school. I got my degree and my doctorate on the street and an advanced degree in jail. "
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" People try to put ownership on things: 'That's mine, that's my joke.' No such thing. Like if you tripped or stumbled and people go, 'Oh, that's Charlie Chaplin.' You know what I mean? You can't own a joke. You can be the guy that tells it the best, but you can't own a joke. Nowhere can you own a laugh. "
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You
" Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. "
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Hours
Vancouver
Well
" When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod you along. They're the ones that are really happy. "
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Brain
You
World
" Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. "
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American
Just
Justice
" Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. "
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Questions
Time
Ask
" Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. "
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Spirit
Hit
Side
" The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself. "
Tommy Chong
Know
Lie
Yourself
" I'm as clean as a whistle. "
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Clean
Whistle
" My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material. "
Tommy Chong
Beginning
Positive
Me
" The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil. "
Tommy Chong
About
Than
Families
" We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out. "
Tommy Chong
Got
First
Fair
" The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career. "
Tommy Chong
Huge
Height
Grammy
" If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane. "
Tommy Chong
Take
Me
Paid
" The way jazz works is that we take a theme, and then we write using the same structure, same chord changes, and then we can do different tunes. "
Tommy Chong
Way
Structure
Theme
" 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. "
Tommy Chong
Love
Talking
Meet
" Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya. "
Tommy Chong
Will
Cigarettes
Ya
" The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy. "
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Thing
Me
Got
" Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations. "
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Ruled
America
Corporations
" They just wanted to show the entertainment world that we're vulnerable. "
Tommy Chong
World
Wanted
Show
" To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place. "
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Experience
Change
Wish
" I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead. "
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Did
Much
Never
" I've always been into improvisation. "
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Improvisation
Always
Been
" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "
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I Can
Make A Difference
Life
" No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in. "
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Used
Well
Sit
" Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. "
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Art
New
New York
" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "
Tommy Chong
Gone
Jail
Prophets