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.
Tommy ChongWe survived Nixon and Reagan and George Bush, and so we can survive anything that comes along.
Tommy ChongThe Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.
Tommy ChongI do have a plan for the country [the USA]. It needs education. And there should be drug education - only people should be taught how to smoke pot, because even potheads don't know how to smoke pot. I've evolved into not only an activist, but an educator. I want to show people how, when, and why they should smoke pot.
Tommy Chong