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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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" Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band. "

" You know, I left the country when Reagan got in; I went to France. "

" I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight. "

" 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. "

" The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya. "

" Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me. "

" Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world. "

" Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it. "

" Well, I had an after hours club in Vancouver and when any of the Motown acts would call. "

" Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. "

" I'm as clean as a whistle. "

Tommy Chong

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" No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in. "

" The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career. "

" Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible. "

" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "

" 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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" 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. "

" Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though. "

" One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded. "

" 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. "

" I'm just glad I can make a difference in someone's life. "

" 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. "

" You can't become a dictator through checks and balances. "

" Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies. "

" Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations. "

" I've met a lot of jazz musicians in my day, and they're all funny. "