Joell Ortiz Inspirational Quotes (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.

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

Back in the days the great emcees made singles, had great shows, won battles, had all the girls and dressed fly. That¹s what I'm about...the total package emcees.

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

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'.

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

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.