Welcome to Dope Quotes, a hub of inspiration, motivation, and wisdom encapsulated in succinct, powerful statements. In a world brimming with noise, it’s the profound words of thinkers, leaders, and creatives that cut through the clutter, resonating with us on a deeper level. Whether you’re seeking a spark of creativity, a dose of encouragement, or simply a moment of reflection, you’ll find it here among these carefully curated quotes.
Our collection spans a diverse range of topics, from success and perseverance to love and self-discovery. Each quote is a nugget of insight, distilled from the experiences and reflections of individuals who have left an indelible mark on history. As you explore these words, allow yourself to be moved, challenged, and inspired. Let them serve as beacons of light in moments of darkness, guiding you towards greater clarity and purpose.
The popularity of ‘2 Dope Queens’ just showed there was like a hunger for new stories because we have alternative comics on our show that wouldn’t normally be featured on, like, a white guy’s comedy show. Jessica Williams
I like Kehlani a lot because she’s on her grind; she does everything herself. She’s writing her own music and, you know, putting all the vocals together, and she’s just dope. She just reminds me a lot of me. Bryson Tiller
I’m a hip-hop guy, and the first time I heard Eminem was in ’96. He was on a record with Shabban Siddiq. I was like, ‘Who is this guy? He’s dope!’ First album came out: awesome. Second album came out: awesome. Third album, I was like, ‘Eh.’ He started to get really successful. He wasn’t ‘mine’ anymore. Russell Peters
When I was working for Miramax, before Sundance, a videotape of ‘The Blair Witch Project’ – of the full, completed movie – went to a lot of the buyers. And so we all saw it before the festival, and I passed, a bunch of people passed… Then I watched the movie marching toward success, and was reminded by my bosses what a dope I was. Jason Blum
One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding? James Caan
I love rapping. I do. My styling’s similar to Missy Elliott – I think she’s so dope. In a weird way, that’s how I first learned the American accent: doing American rap songs. Rebel Wilson
When I was growing up, I saw the Aaliyah shirts, the DMX shirts, or the collab shirts with DMX and Aaliyah when they had a single together. Those were the dope collage shirts with their faces all over it. They were doing cool things like that. ASAP Ferg
My ideal night would probably be a dope outfit, people that I love around me. Go to get some dinner, have some amazing food. Maybe sushi or Italian: I love both. Bebe Rexha
If you think I’m a young boy singing these songs, dope. Run with that. Syd
I have visualizations where I’m living in a really cool place – probably outside of town – with a really dope studio where I can record music or film things. Just have my own mini production house. That’s really the thing I’d love to end up with the most and only do gigs when I needed to and also amass a little bit of a crew around me. Reggie Watts
My kids are really dope. I was just at home in Chicago, and my daughter Brittany was interviewing me. It was like I was on ‘Oprah.’ Lil Rel Howery
I’m all for making a woman-empowering song. I get that, and I think that’s dope. I’ve got a daughter, and I think that’s amazing. But when you’re specifically picking on guys, that’s when it’s not right. ‘No Scrubs’ is the meanest, dumbest song ever made because they need to be specific in certain areas. Lil Rel Howery
It’s always dope being able to perform with your girlfriend and get money with your girlfriend. Meek Mill
You know what’s dope about social media, the Internet, and stuff in general? It’s that you never really realized before how much love you get, and now you can see people around the country wearing your stuff or wearing your face. Cam’ron
You have to be dope; you have to find an audience and reach that audience with your identity and your message. G-Eazy
Taylor Swift is just dope. She is an ill songwriter. Chance The Rapper
I like Jeremy Scott, and he has some really dope sneakers. Theophilus London
Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. Abbie Hoffman
People are getting cynical about the news. It doesn’t seem like there’s one place to watch where you get the straight dope. You watch the channel that proves your point. Jason Sudeikis
Coming from New York, you’re kind of indoctrinated with anti-L.A. sentiment, but California is just a really dope state. Jesse Williams
Radio’s a scary thing for me. It’s dope to be on there. Mac Miller
I’m in between homes right now, but my last house was dope. Method Man
If anyone wants to know what the definition of ‘dope’ means, it’s: ‘Definition of Public Enemy.’ Flavor Flav
Stevie Nicks is dope. Post Malone
I can’t wait to see someone else from Louisville make a hit song ‘cos that’d be dope. I can only imagine how J Cole would feel if somebody just came out of Fayetteville and started booming with some crazy records. Bryson Tiller
People put their voice everywhere. All through Instagram comments. As minuscule and kind of stupid as that is, at the same time, it’s dope. People really feel like, ‘I have to say something,’ which is sometimes a little much, but like, ‘Go ahead, man. Speak away.’ Mac Miller
Skrillex is dope. He plays everything. It’s amazing what he does. Mustard
You know those Instagram pages that post dope vintage runway looks? I always look at those. Selah Louise Marley
The cool thing about dope black style becoming in style is that the industry has no choice but to try and reduplicate that. Lena Waithe
In the ’80s, there was this talk about a thrower whose urine was sent for testing after a meet and it tested positive for pregnancy! Apparently, his urine was replaced with that of a female nurse at the clinic. I don’t know if the story was true, but in those primitive days of dope testing India, you could not have laughed it off. P. T. Usha
I released a song called ‘Let Em Know’ off SoundCloud, and some fan commented on it and was like, ‘Trap soul movement,’ and I was like, ‘Man, that’s dope. What is that?’ And it just sounded like my music. That was the perfect word to describe my music, so I was just like, I’m going to call my project that. Bryson Tiller
I stick to my guns – that’s what keeps me going as an artist. Stevie Wonder never changed from what he wanted to do, and each new album that came along was dope. Rakim
I got archives of records. I have records from when I was 17 that I still think are pretty dope. Jeremih
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. Robertson Davies
To be honest, after you’ve crossed the line at the Olympic Games, it is bedlam for the next, about, five or six hours. Media, press conference, dope control – you might get some food if you’re lucky. You might see family if you’re lucky. Victoria Pendleton
Once I got to be about twenty-five, I got interested in the music of the time. I started smokin’ dope, I started drinking, I started slowing down and trying to find myself. I didn’t want to work in nightclubs. Gregory Hines
They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I’m the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I’ve ever gotten into the ring with. George Foreman
If my mother knew I did this for a living, she’d kill me. She thinks I’m selling dope. Henny Youngman
I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn’t as intense as my music is. B.o.B
I’m super into their trench coats. I’ve been wearing them for a while. Even my mom, she loves them. Definitely working with Burberry is a dope collaboration, just a good opportunity. Kris Wu
I don’t think I’m alarmist. I’m more disappointed by the euphemisms in some instances than outright bigotry. Now, to me, you walk around with a Klan hat on or you’ve got a swastika on you arm, you just look like a dope, you know what I mean? John Ridley
Before I started writing for myself, I was writing country records, and they were coming out dope. Trevor Jackson
Upsetting the dope is a favorite pastime in baseball. Past performances count for but little in the national pastime. Reputations don’t get you anywhere. A club is judged solely on results, and to get results, you must win ball games. Billy Evans
The ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great. Abbie Hoffman
My goal for the rap game is just to make a lot of really dope music. That’s really where I keep my mindset at: Just being obsessed over making something crazy and new every day. Valee
I am really proud of where me and Ghastly’s track ‘Crank It’ ended up. It was our first music video and big label release. It was such a dope experience working with OWSLA on that record. Mija
One thing that was really dope for me was that my dad had a ’78 Corvette, ’78 or ’76 Corvette all my life. It always needed to be fixed up. I remember it’s just been sitting in the driveway for years, and I got it fixed from top to bottom for his birthday. Sevyn Streeter
Tom Cruise is dope. Cameron Dallas
The movies ‘Dope’ and ‘Straight Outta Compton’ blew me away. I love seeing directors and writers of color make amazing slices of pop culture. Hasan Minhaj
You don’t want to get stuck with a record that you’ve done with someone that you feel obligated to put out – that’s not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work. Yelawolf
Everybody from the Bay has a superiority complex because we’re dope. Daveed Diggs
If you’re a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I’m watching, you know, Netherlands soccer. Michael Keaton
It’s certain rappers that can really rap, that really spit all bars, so I understand why someone would say, ‘You not a real rapper.’ But the main thing is, if you can make good songs, who cares? So I don’t know why guys be tripping on Drake. He makes great music. He’s dope. Ty Dolla Sign
I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. Gus Van Sant
I already have two movies in the can, low-key, which are ‘Vincent-N-Roxxy’ and ‘Keanu’ with Key and Peele, which is my first comedy, and it’s going to be super dope, definitely funny. They’re so great, and they’ve been such life coaches to me. Jason Mitchell
At some point, I started listening to music a little differently. Rather than being like, ‘Yo, this is dope – who made this?’ it started being like, ‘I wish I made this.’ Syd
There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn’t a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that. Rainer Weiss
With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well. Dashiell Hammett
Today’s students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude. Jesse Jackson
What a turnaround in sentiment ‘Glee’ exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career or cabaret stardom relegated some poor yearning dope to a lavender ghetto of losers, self-deluders, and social rejects. James Wolcott
I think it speaks to people in 2015, right now. We address real situations. It’s real life! Everything that happens in ‘Dope’ could happen today. Shameik Moore
Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they’re doing – just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color. Chad Hugo
If you got a dope girl, there’s going to be people that want her. But I don’t know, I’ve always kept my ‘A-game’ on point. I just make a point to make sure the woman that I’m with is taken care of. You got to keep it new, so I go out of my way to make them feel special. Lance Gross
My dream tour would be like, me, Cole, Drake, Sean, Meek. I think that would be dope, something like that; big venues. Wale
It was the basilica of gossip, the Vatican of inside dope. Robert Hughes
I think it’s so dope that I’m here in Chicago and contributing to the music scene that’s thriving. People are so happy Chicago’s shining that everyone is willing to say ‘I represent Chicago.’ That wasn’t always the case. Chance The Rapper
Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it’s so community-based. It’s a melting pot of cultures. I’ll always be a north London girl. Letitia Wright
Whenever a dope artist comes out of nowhere, the first thing you do is try and compare it to stuff until you realise that that artist is just them, and eventually those comparisons will stop. Bryson Tiller
A lot of times in comedy, and also in podcasting and television, there are different kinds of voices that can be celebrated. So you can have ‘Insecure’ exist, you can have a ‘2 Dope Queens’ exist, you can have ‘The Mindy Project’ exist – very distinct, funny voices from women and from people of color. Phoebe Robinson
Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that’s usually how you end up crying? Chuck Palahniuk
I don’t hate Jay-Z. I think he’s dope. El-P
‘Love, Simon’ is incredibly dope, but that’s one specific experience, and I would love to see more versions of that story being told or other stories that we haven’t even seen yet from the LGBTQIA community. Natasha Rothwell
The last show we played, I was straight as a die. It did feel weird not to be hiding behind alcohol or dope, but being focused was… good. Ronnie Wood
My 9-year-old daughter can recite every line from ‘Easy Rider,’ and that is not an easy song to do. She raps all of Nicki Minaj and everything; she’s dope. She has my musical ear for sure. She sings, and she’s beautiful. It’s very powerful. Action Bronson
Before games and sometimes practice, I like something with a dope beat. Like Rick Ross, when he’s just like, ‘RUH!,’ all that stuff. Joel Embiid
Having a dope mindset and good energy is rare, and you just putting a little bit of your light into someone else can change their whole perspective on life just doing that. Cordae
I found Beam when he was 16 years old. He dropped his SoundCloud page onto my Facebook. ‘I listened to it and was like, these tracks are actually dope.’ Andy Mineo
I had sent out 100 audition tapes within 365 days, and then I got the ‘Dope’ audition. When I sent that out, two days later my manager called me and said they wanted to fly me out to L.A. to audition. Shameik Moore
I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. George McGovern
I feel it’s important for the geeks to have a voice. ‘Dope’ is going to give a lot of people a new perspective. Shameik Moore
I dream of collaborating with Q-Tip and Timbaland – it’s all producers. I’d really like to work with Drake and DRAM. The Weeknd would be dope. The list goes on and on. If Michael Jackson were alive, I’d love to collaborate with him. Amber Mark
With ‘2 Dope Queens,’ with stand-up, and also with ‘Sooo Many White Guys,’ the interview stuff that I do, I really am a fan first. Phoebe Robinson
Modeling for adidas is a dream I never knew I could achieve. I’ve had it in my mind to work with such a dope ,and it’s so amazing that I get to be a part of a campaign with so many powerful voices. Barbie Ferreira
Directing is so dope to me, man, ’cause it doesn’t necessarily have to be your material. You’re making someone else’s material come to life. There’s something amazing about that. Lil Rel Howery
‘2 Dope Queens,’ it was just a way for us to showcase female comedians, showcase comedians of color, showcase LGBT comedians, and shake up the landscape and be like, ‘Hey, there is more than just what is out there.’ Phoebe Robinson
For me, what makes a dope concept is it’s a fresh idea, something that I’ve never heard before. Poo Bear
With ‘Acid Rap,’ I allowed myself to be really open-minded and free with who I allowed into my musical space. I wanted to make a cohesive product, but I also just want to make a bunch of dope songs inspired by whatever sounds I liked. Chance The Rapper
With ‘2 Dope Queens,’ we get the opportunity to love and enjoy each other and have fun being best friends and being women of color and talking about our personal experience. Also, we give an opportunity to elevate voices for many different people that otherwise would not get such a large platform. Jessica Williams
I’m pretty sure people thought I was like a dope rapper. Big Pun
Future’s not everybody. The people who are taking my style are like my babies. I’ve got a tribe of kids that want to be like me… But I understand why people want to imitate the things I do. They’re dope. It comes naturally to me. My fans can expect greatness. If I wasn’t me, I would want to be me. Future
I started singing to this one John Legend record; it was called ‘Each Day Gets Better,’ or something like that. I started to realize, ‘Wow, I really sound like this dude. If I keep doing this, maybe I can sound dope like John Legend and still rap.’ Tory Lanez
Obviously, I love Steph Curry. I think he’s dope and a really cool player to watch. Lena Waithe
People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It’s dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that’s the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever. Jay IDK
I think Jack White is pretty dope. He’s a little bit more crisp than me in his approach; he’s always in a suit; he’s always sharp. He’s always cleaned up. Boyd Holbrook
If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I’m not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I’ve got enough people listening to me. Not because I’m conscious, but because I’m dope. Talib Kweli
Back in the day, Motown was on the pulse of young America. It wasn’t about just dope contemporary. It was pop, it was R&B, it was all of that. Ne-Yo
I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music – they’re huge music fans. Syd
If you’re different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, I just think that’s so dope. Kylie Jenner
I always support anyone who I think is dope, female-wise. Whereas a lot of females are scared of other females. Stefflon Don
‘Illmatic’ was dope. ASAP Ferg
