Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you’re interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.
DAVE CHAPPELLEI don’t want the money. I don’t want the drama. I just want to do my show. I want to have fun again.
More Dave Chappelle Quotes
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I just like seeing people. I just like meeting people. I like finding out new walks of life and new ideas.
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No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone, you answer it.
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Being famous is great, it’s not like bad or horrible or anything.
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The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark.
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I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.
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When I’m on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that’s the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.
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The worst thing to call somebody is crazy. It’s dismissive.
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I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.
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Remember what the Bible says: He who is without sin, cast the first rock. And I shall smoketh it.
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Constantly take inventory of what’s important to you.
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One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.
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I have all these weird fantasies. Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing.
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There’s something about doing stand-up that’s cathartic.
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My father told me ‘Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you name, get out of there.’
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Money is the fuel for choices. Money gives me choices, so it’s not nothing, it’s something. But it’s not the end all, be all. There are other things in my life that I did not purchase with money that are very valuable.
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