N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities. Jerry Heller More Quotes by Jerry Heller More Quotes From Jerry Heller I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous. Jerry Heller thief am i-am i-am-what-i-am I was always a champion of the minority, of the underdog. Jerry Heller minority always underdog champion Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll. Jerry Heller rock beginning gangsta important There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't. Jerry Heller entertainment industry two people I've probably represented almost every major artist in the world, either directly or peripherally, at one time or another. Jerry Heller either artist time world I consider the most important period of my life, from March 3rd, 1987, I think it was, to March 26th, 1995: the day I met Eazy-E and the day he died. To me, that was the most important period of my life, of my career, and the part that I am most proud of. Jerry Heller i-am day me life I'm the boogeyman used to scare South Central kids when they tell ghost stories. Jerry Heller tell used ghost kids I don't want to be judged next to guys like Suge Knight. I want to be measured next to David Geffen, Irving Azoff, and Clive Davis. Whether I measure up or not, I let my record speak for me. That's how I want to be judged - by what I've done, not by what people like Ice Cube and Dr. Dre have said about me. Jerry Heller me done speak people I think that N.W.A. picked up where Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King would have gone if they hadn't been assassinated. Jerry Heller king i-think think gone Eazy was a true visionary. He really was like flesh and blood. Like a son. He was a good kid. He was the best. Jerry Heller true best good son My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them. Jerry Heller gangster he shoulders dad The music business and I were made for each other. Jerry Heller music-business music business made The more parents hate the music, the more their children will like it. It had been true with Elvis, and it had been true with the Rolling Stones. 'Straight Outta Compton' was music that parents could loathe with a passion. I knew we had a massive hit. Jerry Heller passion music hate children I'm a child of the sixties. I grew up with a president who was a crook, who put us into the most unpopular war in history, who had no communication with people under thirty. I had seen the Symbionese Liberation Army and the Panthers and the Diggers; I understood what they were about. Jerry Heller communication war history people One thing that N.W.A did, as Larry Flynt did before them, was to expand the boundaries of our reliance upon the good sense of the people to determine what's right and what isn't, what's obscene and what isn't, and what's immoral and what isn't. Jerry Heller right good boundaries people N.W.A were the audio-documentarians of their time. They were trying to shock people with the violence of their language and the subjects they were talking about. The fact that they dressed in guerilla outfits like the Black Panthers made them shocking by their appearance as well. Jerry Heller black violence time people N.W.A had something in common with the Rolling Stones and MC5 and groups like that: the voice of rebellion. It's rebellion against your parents. It's rebellion against the system. It's rebellion against society. Jerry Heller your parents society voice Eazy was an exceptional human being. He was a visionary. He was very Machiavellian, he understood power and how to use it. He was a good-hearted guy, a good father, just an exemplary human being. I couldn't be any prouder of him than if he had been my blood son. Jerry Heller good power father son Suge was a part-time security guard at Ruthless. He can be a very charming guy, and my initial instincts were to help him. Eazy was more perceptive: he always thought he was going to be a problem. Jerry Heller help thought security problem Who were the biggest acts in the world in 1987? Guns N' Roses and Metallica. I shamelessly pandered to surfers and skateboarders, and in pictures from then, you'll see Slash and those guys wearing N.W.A stuff. If they thought it was cool, people in Kansas and Wyoming would buy it. That's how we broached the subject. Jerry Heller cool you people world
