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Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
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By making marijuana illegal, the agricultural people can't grab hold of it like they did with corn and wheat. So those companies are scrambling around trying to get hold of it, but they can't, because it's a cottage industry, and it will always be a cottage industry. Because the minute the big companies try to make it their own, like they did with soybeans...like Monsanto, they put their own patent on seeds, and you can't do that with marijuana.
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Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
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I've been a good boy, I've never really been convicted of serious crime.
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Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.
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Marijuana has become like currency. Anytime you grow a crop like marijuana, or wheat, or corn, or anything that people consume on a daily basis, you're getting into a huge economic area.
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I smoke a little pot, every day, and I'm healthy as can be.
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You know that old joke about potheads having bad memories? Well, the bad memories are like pain, discomfort, and fear. So you lose all that, and the body reacts by healing faster and stronger.
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I believe that all marijuana is medical.
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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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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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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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If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.
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So (legalizing marijuana) means a lot more to me than just being able to smoke a joint without being arrested.
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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.
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The good thing about poverty is it keeps you from getting in trouble because if you can't afford drugs, people will stop giving them to you very quickly. So, being poor really helps - it's the success that kills you.
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People didn't relate to me as being Chinese or white, just being a hippie, a long-haired hippie.
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I've always been into improvisation.
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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.
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I do have a plan for the country the USA. It needs education. And there should be drug education - only people should be taught how to smoke pot, because even potheads don't know how to smoke pot. I've evolved into not only an activist, but an educator. I want to show people how, when, and why they should smoke pot.
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Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.
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I only smoke maybe a nug a day.
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Because the pot takes the edge off the adrenaline, and it also clears your mind of it, and then you can see things a lot clearer.
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More than anything, the weed really helped with my mental state, because marijuana works on the brain. And if anything, it soothes the brain.