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.

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.

There's a big shift in our whole way of living, and it started maybe 10 years ago when [smartphones] came into existence. Up until then, we were at the mercy of the press, and so-called experts that would tell us what to think and how to think.

Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.

We have receptors in our brain as you well know and when you ingest marijuana, I believe that it essentially gives you a reboot.

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

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.