No. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.
Cheech and I used to call ourselves musicians; we never called ourselves comedians. We were musicians that were funny.
I know, because I tried all sorts of ways of being in character, and the best way is to be totally straight.
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.
Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.
Once you're a felon you're a target.
Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it.
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 was more of a weightlifter.
Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.
I know the musical world as well as I know the comedy world.
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.
But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible.
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.
Any excuse to live in New York and do art. Has to be one of the most rewarding experiences in the world.
Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.
If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.
Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back.
The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.
The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.
