Cheech [Marine] on the other hand, met [Barack] Obama and he knew right away who Cheech was. So that should tell you something.

If more people were stoned there would be less violence in the world.

I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.

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.

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.

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.

Something good always happens at 4:20 for me.

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.

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

Boredom is a disease, too.

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

My self is a thing that I must now compose...as one composes a speech. What I must present is a 'made' thing. Not something born.

People that complete other people's vision are understated.

The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.

You're an animal that needs to move across the landscape, you can't anymore, and that's another way we're just changing the surface of the Earth in very dramatic ways.

90 percent of the people in the world make their decisions based on fear.

I find acting slightly nerve racking, but I like the challenge.

Write from the soul, not from some notion what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal.

Well, everybody does something, some people race cars, others collect stamps, I find tai chi to be philosophically, aesthetically, physically and spiritually fascinating.

There is a way hook ups are serving young women. And it was important for me to always talk about how behaviours were serving girls, not just making them the victims.

A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely to reconcile health with intemperance.