David Crosby Talks Cannabis

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“I was in Canada and I had come across the border clean, because I always do, so I was looking to connect in Canada and through a friend a girl brought over some weed and she said now be careful, this is very strong. It was called "Kootenay thunderfuck" and it was so god-damned strong, it was way too strong - I wanted to hide under the piano and suck my thumb.”

“There was an amazing range of weed in the late 1960’s. When we started, we were buying weed in brick kilos that were mostly seeds – really crap weed, and not knowing any better, we thought it was terrific! You had to smoke a lot to get high from it. But then, through sheer luck, I was connected to some people who were connected to some smugglers and I was one of the first people to get any Sensimilla which of course means no seeds, and it was much more powerful pot – and I had a blast with it.”

“At the time, I had just brought my girlfriend Joni Mitchell back to California from Florida and I was about to produce her record and I’d get groups of friends together and give them a joint or two of this spectacularly strong pot they had never encountered before and then Joni would sing them a song or two.”
 

“Maui Wowie was the name that the guys who grew in Kona used, and the guys in Maui called their pot Kona Gold. They mixed everything back in the beginning of the seventies. The guys in Hawaii were growing the best pot in the world at the time. They crossbred everything with everything, so I think most of the separations you see people talking about now are theoretical more than actual.”

"I like it for music. I like it for going to the museum. I like it for sex. I like it for a whole lot of reasons. I approve, so I have no problem with my name aiding some company in selling marijuana products and getting my strains out to the world. 

“Don’t do any hard drugs. Simple, don’t fucking do it! Don’t do any cocaine, don’t do any speed, don’t do any junk - none, zero, period, ever!”

“If you’re going to get high, I think Marijuana is the way to go. It doesn’t seem to have any real serious side effects and it does definitely help me go to sleep – I know that’s one thing I use it for.” 

“My preferred method is vaping. I vape flowers. I use a PAX 3 and I just vape flowers we grow ourselves. It’s better for me than smoking it because there’s no tar. I don’t generally use the extracts because most of them aren’t clean enough for me. If I loan my name to an extract, it’s going to have to be a clean one – no aftertaste and no chemicals.”

“I do believe marijuana has many benefits and it should be legal everywhere. I knew people who were in jail for years over a couple of joints - and it’s just not right. I do feel a responsibility to stick up for people who have been stuck in jail for it unfairly. Bottom line is, It should be legal and people shouldn’t be going to jail for it, and I want to reinforce that to the degree that I can.”

“It’s inevitable. Legalization is going to happen - all over the U.S. and around the world because of the money. All the posturing the politicians do, waving their hands in the air saying we have to regulate this and that is all BS. It’s going to come down to the money. Anyone that looks at the money flowing in where its legal knows what the truth is.”

“People are looking at the success in places like Colorado and Oregon. The numbers are unequivocal. The places that have done it are winning and they will have money for schools, roads and hospitals. Bottom line is I’d like cannabis to be legal everywhere."

"I'm passionate about legalization - which is why I agreed to be on the National Advisory Board of NORML. "

“I think Canadians should congratulate themselves for having a country that was smart enough to change their laws and wind up being where all the major marijuana companies are based." 

"The places that get in first, like Canada make all the money. The cannabis companies set up there because it’s legal on the federal level there so they can bank it. 

“The human race has always liked to get high on something. That’s why we invented fermenting and distilling – and ate every different kind of fruit and berry in the jungle. I think cannabis is the best way for people to get high. It’s much better for people than the other available ways people get loaded.”

“People are going to get high anyway and cannabis is a safer and better way than the other available methods. I don’t approve of hard drugs at all. Beer isn’t that bad, wine isn’t that bad, but hard booze definitely does real damage.

“And then there are all the other ones. You know, the pharmaceuticals do horrible things to you, and the serious hard drugs do even worse stuff to you. So really the only thing I know that you can do that gets you high that doesn’t do harm to you is herb.”

“I’m getting in it for a few reasons. First, because it’s fun…Getting high is fun, people who get high are fun and marijuana is fun, and I like to have fun in my life. 

"I would stay involved because I can give valuable input - and it will be fun. I know my fans, and they know I won’t steer them wrong. I’m also surrounded by good people who know, love and understand my music and my fans, and they would give valuable input too. When people fall in love with something, it stands on its own, like a great song - so yes I look forward to advocating for the cannabis industry and Mighty Croz.”

“That's just a working name we gave it. Somebody called me "Croz" one time, and it sort of stuck among my friends as one of the ways to mock me. I’ve found that the best way to deal with a big ego is to make fun of it. That’s really the only healthy thing I can do with it, and so I try to make fun of myself whenever I can. Mighty Croz is me making fun of myself. The cannabis company that ultimately licenses my name will choose a brand name and packaging.”

“My trusted friend and brilliant entrepreneur – Steven Sponder is my partner on this. I told Steven I thought there ought to be a cannabis brand tied to my name, and he’s making it happen. We decided the best strategy would be to exclusively license my name to one of the leading cannabis companies - as opposed to building a company from scratch. We chose the Stikeman Elliott firm (Donald Belovich) in Toronto Canada to manage our licensing agreement.”

“People have been asking me to do a David Crosby cannabis brand forever - and with legalization expanding around the world, now is the right time.”

“It's the same people who buy my music – millions of Baby Boomers, the largest bump in the population curve. That’s also who my audience is. There’s a secondary audience of all of their offspring, that’s millions of people as well.”

“I’m going to market my brand at a level to people who are intelligent and have sophisticated taste.”

“I’m so damned recognizable. My face, my mustache, my balding head and my white hair have been on all these records for 50 god-dammed years – so there’s this huge recognition factor  around the world. I figure why not put that on the front of a cannabis package. If you’re walking into a dispensary and you see my face smiling up at you, you’re likely to try it – and that’s a good thing. Other than music, it's the thing I'm most known for.” 

“For me and my fans, authenticity matters. They'll try it and they’ll come back for more - not just because my name or face is on it, but because they know I stand for quality cannabis.”

“It’s both. As much as people just want to get high, I think you’re going to find that CBD (Cannabidiol), once it’s refined, concentrated, packaged and marketed is going to become a hugely successful painkiller – because the other main families of painkillers, the opioids, if you do them for 3 weeks you’re hooked and that’s a real problem And the NSAIDs (aspirin/ibuprofen) are not good for your kidneys and your liver, particular your kidneys. So a new family of painkillers coming on the market that doesn’t have the side effects of addiction or damage to your kidneys, that could be even bigger than getting high. Everybody has some pain in their shoulder, their knee, their foot or their elbow.”

“I’m not rushing to slap my name on just any cannabis product. Everything about it will be top quality. I'm known as a  serious connoisseur of cannabis for about half a century, so I have authenticity and credibility – and I have a lot of experience to draw upon – and I’m definitely the most vocal and opinionated of the celebs when it comes to speaking about marijuana."

“I’ve been called the Pied-Piper to baby boomer cannabis fans. They know I’ll steer them to the highest quality cannabis” 

“I’ll leave that up to the company that licenses my name to come up with a line of quality products. I’ll weigh in with opinions to the degree the licensee wants. I’d require that anything with my name on it is top quality - from the packaging to the contents to the marketing. It can be any products including but not limited to Whole Flowers, Pre-Rolls, Vape Pens, Gel Caps, Concentrates/Oils/Extracts and Edibles, CBD, Topicals/Lotions, Infused Beverages, Hemp Products,  Apparel, Accessories and more."