John Lennon on marijuana
“Marijuana was the main thing that promoted non-violence amongst the youth, because as soon as they have it, they - first of all you have to laugh on your first experiences. There’s nothing else you do but laugh, and then, when you’ve got over that and you realize that people aren’t laughing at you, but with you, it’s a community thing, and nothing would ever stop it, nothing on earth is going to stop it, and the only thing to do is to find out how to use it for good, or for the best.”
— John Lennon
Terence McKenna
“People have a right to get stoned. They have a right to think and explore their own minds. This is as intimate a part of their being as their sexuality. Any culture which mitigates that is clearly afraid of a full and fair and open dialogue about what reality is and what real human values ought to be.”
—Terence McKenna
Anaïs Nin
“I want to hear raucous music, to see faces, to brush against bodies, to drink fiery Benedictine. Beautiful women and handsome men arouse fierce desires in me. I want to dance. I want drugs. I want to know perverse people, to be intimate with them. I never look at naive faces. I want to bite into life, and to be torn by it.”
- Anaïs Nin
Charles Bukowski
“Something else is hurting you - that’s why you need pot or whiskey, or whips and rubber suits, or screaming music turned so fucking loud you can’t think.”
- Charles Bukowski
Bill Hicks
“I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.”
- Bill Hicks
Advice from Tom Waits
“Break windows, smoke cigars, and stay up late. Tell 'em to do that, they'll find a little pot of gold.”
- Tom Waits, when asked for advice for younger musicians
Pain and pleasure
“Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence.”
- Marquis de Sade

















