“I never did smoke that much pot; never was a big pothead.”
“Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.”
“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.”
“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.'”
“Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.”
“Every time I get tested, I ask questions about it, and I watch how they do it.”
“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.”
“Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.”
“My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material.”
“Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.”