Quotes by Tommy Chong

We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.

Religion is run by thought police. ‘Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don’t ask questions. Go die for your country.’ The spirituality says, ‘Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you’re doing while you’re doing it.’

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.

If I don’t get paid I’m going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.

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.