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" 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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Trying

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

" 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. "

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

" The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy. "

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Got

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I'm as clean as a whistle. "

Tommy Chong

Clean

Whistle

" A lot of prophets have gone to jail. "

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

" I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

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

" Everything that happens to me is very cosmic. "

Tommy Chong

Cosmic

Happens

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

" 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. "

" Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back. "

Tommy Chong

You

Know

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

" What made me a comedian was that I wasn't really a songwriter, I was more of a poet. "

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Poet

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

" I was more of a weightlifter. "

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" Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya. "

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Will

Cigarettes