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.

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.

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.

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.

A personal journey is part of the generational relay. Live your legacy then pass it on.

I really believe in non-violence, but I also believe in a short of resistance that has to be respectful.

If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things.

It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

One fan sent me one tooth, so I made a necklace out of it. But then I found a bunch of my baby teeth, and started realizing I would love to wear a piece of my fans' bodies on me.

Eeek,” Shane said. Nothing. Right, Amazon princess, I got the point.

Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.

America should stand for more than just wealth.

I learned my job from English dramatists. Tennessee Williams was no good for me, New York stuff was no good to me.