Top 122 Dope Quotes

I don’t hate Jay-Z. I think he’s dope.

I’m a very humble guy, but of course I think I’m dope.

For me, what makes a dope concept is it’s a fresh idea, something that I’ve never heard before.

First time I met Kehlani was through Jahaan Sweet – a really dope producer; then we linked up in Toronto, and the vibe was just lit. She’s a really warm human being.

You might go into ‘Dope’ feeling you already know what this movie is because, all right, there’s kids, they’re from Inglewood, oh, it’s drugs.

Thibs is dope. Honestly, he’s a players’ coach.

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.

If something’s dope, you got to go with it.

To me hip-hop is a culture and I became an MC to be recognized as a dope lyricist. That’s what I wanted to be recognized as. So when I’m writing rhymes I always take it very seriously.

I have really dope parents, and they happen to both really love, love music – they’re huge music fans.

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.

I want to impact the world and the culture in a positive way, spread super dope messages and help people through my music.

Skrillex is dope. He plays everything. It’s amazing what he does.

With ‘Dope Walk,’ I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That’s how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and ‘Chicken Noodle Soup’-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life.

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.’

Obviously, I love Steph Curry. I think he’s dope and a really cool player to watch.

There’s no borders or lines you can’t cross anymore. Everything is getting blended with everything. That’s the dope thing about music now. Some people don’t like it, more of the older people. They want to, you know, go back to old-school New York hip-hop.

Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can’t go to the hood, it’s almost like you’re not authentic, even if you’re a dope artist that’s respected.

The ’60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great.

If anyone wants to know what the definition of ‘dope’ means, it’s: ‘Definition of Public Enemy.’

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.

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.

If you’re a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I’m watching, you know, Netherlands soccer.

These actors who were in ‘Dope’ are the actors I want to continue to collaborate and make films with from here on out.

‘Something Good’ is a feel-good song. A reminder that you’re dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world.

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.

I am a dope dude.

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.

My favorite artist is J. Cole. I like Kehlani a lot. Teyana Taylor is dope too.

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.

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.

I want to make sure that I sign dope artists, old and new, just to make sure that we come up with something new and creative.

There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn’t a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that.

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.

‘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.

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.’

When you’re a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to – it’s like, I can’t be all of those things at once. I’m a human being.

There are constant challenges about what’s ‘mainstream.’ These kids in ‘Dope’ are as mainstream as the kids in ‘Superbad’ or ‘The Breakfast Club.’

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.

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.’

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?

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.

We all knew how talented K.Dot is. We knew how dope he was lyrically.

Before I started writing for myself, I was writing country records, and they were coming out dope.

To be in a position to help my family out and change the trajectory of the Wagner family it’s a pretty dope feeling.

You can’t please everybody. As long as you make dope music, you’re gonna have your fans.

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.’

I think Gotye is really dope. The music that I enjoy listening to isn’t as intense as my music is.

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.

‘Dat $tick’ was the first song I tried to be serious on. Then I thought, Wow, what if I really did this seriously? How dope would that be?’

I remember I rapped for a friend, and my friend really encouraged me and was blown away, like ‘Whoa, that was dope!’ Ever since then, I kept going.

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.

Alexandria Ocasio? I think she’s dope.

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.

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.

If you noticed, I wear high-water pants and white socks, which is inspired by the mod ’60s, like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix, what have you. That style of dress during that time is really, really dope to me.

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.

Taylor Swift is just dope. She is an ill songwriter.

It’s always dope being able to perform with your girlfriend and get money with your girlfriend.

Naahhh… I don’t like KRS no more ’cause he just think he’s too dope.