<P> `` Turn on , tune in , drop out '' is a counterculture - era phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1966 . In 1967 Leary spoke at the Human Be-In , a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words , `` Turn on , tune in , drop out '' . It was also the title of his spoken word album Turn On , Tune In , Drop Out recorded in 1966 . On this lengthy album one can hear Leary speaking in a monotone , soft - spoken voice on his views about the world and humanity and describing nature , Indian symbols , `` the meaning of inner life '' , the LSD experience , peace and many other issues . </P>
<P> `` Turn on , tune in , drop out '' is a counterculture - era phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1966 . In 1967 Leary spoke at the Human Be-In , a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words , `` Turn on , tune in , drop out '' . It was also the title of his spoken word album Turn On , Tune In , Drop Out recorded in 1966 . On this lengthy album one can hear Leary speaking in a monotone , soft - spoken voice on his views about the world and humanity and describing nature , Indian symbols , `` the meaning of inner life '' , the LSD experience , peace and many other issues . </P>
who said tune in turn on drop out
who said tune in turn on drop out
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary