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" The thing is about Cheech & Chong, we've brought more families together than Dr. Phil. "
Tommy Chong
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" What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet. "
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" I'm as clean as a whistle. "
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Whistle
" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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Yourself
" Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. "
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" 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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" I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world. "
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" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "
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Happens
Me
" There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top. "
Tommy Chong
Right
Prison
Hierarchy
" 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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Know
School
High School
" You can't become a dictator through checks and balances. "
Tommy Chong
Checks
Become
Dictator
" 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. "
Tommy Chong
People
Laugh
You
" Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. "
Tommy Chong
American
Just
Justice
" Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me. "
Tommy Chong
Activism
Work
Somebody
" 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
" I was more of a weightlifter. "
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More
" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "
Tommy Chong
I Can
Make A Difference
Life
" Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.' "
Tommy Chong
Police
Religion
Run
" 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.' "
Tommy Chong
Man
Myself
Woman
" The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career. "
Tommy Chong
Huge
Height
Grammy
" 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. "
Tommy Chong
Boy
You
Music
" When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian. "
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Time
Just
Until
" Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back. "
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" Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though. "
Tommy Chong
Know
Lost
Citizenship
" I've always been into improvisation. "
Tommy Chong
Improvisation
Always
Been
" 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
" Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. "
Tommy Chong
Art
New
New York
" 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. "
Tommy Chong
Experience
Change
Wish
" The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy. "
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Thing
Me
Got