Quotables

“Myself, I’m a pothead. It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else. Sure, [the tax department] sent letters to my house saying, ‘We need this money.’ They started sending them in 2002. Here it is, 2009, and I never paid this s— because I don’t think like that! I could have easily just written them a check for whatever amount, but no — I waited until they knocked on this door and were like, ‘We got your truck and we outta here.’ Now I’m thinking we’ve gotta get our truck back, which means I have to get all my paperwork together. That means days of going through mail, ’cause I got mail like woah. I’ve found checks from 2005 that have never been opened yet. And we’re talking a significant amount of money! But I never opened [the tax department’s] letters … so this is how the tax man came to Meth’s house and took his truck. Not because I was broke! I got plenty of money!”

Method Man, explaining to the media why the IRS repossessed his Lincoln Navigator because he owed over $50K in back taxes, dating back to 2002.

This is totally the story of my life. Before autopay become ubiquitous, I was always having my power turned off or my cable go out, not because I couldn’t afford to pay it, but because it had completely slipped my mind. I check my mail about once per fiscal period, so they could have sent three final notices and I never would have received them. I was totally ghetto by choice.