Joell Ortiz Quotes

#1. If you can perfect the booth, the stage and just your persona, like maybe in interviews and when people talk to you, then you're a full well-rounded emcee in my opinion.

Joell Ortiz

#2. I wake up hip-hop,
Go to sleep hip-hop,
Dream 'bout hip-hop,
'Cause I AM HIP-HOP.

Joell Ortiz

#3. You can have a phenomenal booth artist and he can get in there and be a technician in the booth and it won't translate on the stage. I think that's what makes emcees emcees. Some rapper dudes are great rappers but it don't translate on stage.

Joell Ortiz

#4. You owe dough? You ain't give up that cheese? Hey ...
Sooner or later, you'll Pay, Pal (no eBay).

Joell Ortiz

#5. I'm really, really, really, really conservative with money. I got to give myself a lot of excuses to spend money, because I come from nothin'.

Joell Ortiz

#6. I don't hate any sort of music but I just think that the lyricism needs to be in the forefront.

Joell Ortiz

#7. What inspired me as a child is the same thing that inspires me now: being nice. I always try to one up everybody with verses and be lyrical and just stand for the art.

Joell Ortiz