Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.'

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

I'm a hybrid.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

I'm as clean as a whistle.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

I've always been into improvisation.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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.

Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong

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