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" They just wanted to show the entertainment world that we're vulnerable. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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 a hybrid. "

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

" There's a hierarchy in prison, and I was right at the top. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" I was more of a weightlifter. "

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

" If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane. "

" I'm as clean as a whistle. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime. "

" 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. "

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

" Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny. "

" Once you're a felon you're a target. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "

" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "