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.

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

When you smoke marijuana, you are in the moment and you are happy. You forget about any worries of the past or the future.

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.

We have never been big smokers, neither Cheech [Marine] nor I. We were too creative, and we had a lot to do. We are actors and to be honest, I am the type of person that can reference a thought or a smell and get high.

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.

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