Quotes from Tommy Chong

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

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

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

When Mexicans sneak across the border, they're more apt to carry a bag of pot then they are a fistful of money. Because the pot can be exchanged for money, anywhere in America. Anywhere in the world!

I've always known, all my life, that I was going to be something special. I never knew what it was, but I always had that feeling. I think my mother installed it when I was a little guy.

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

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

Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.

Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.

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

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

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 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.

I'm as clean as a whistle.

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

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

A lot of prophets have gone to jail.

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.

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

I look on everything with a very optimistic eye. Because I'm a body builder by trade, you know, that was my intent all my life.

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

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.

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.

'That '70s Show' was one of the highlights of my life. I didn't expect to be on it as long as I was.