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… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
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.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
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.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I'm the boogeyman used to scare South Central kids when they tell ghost stories. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I just loved Amy Winehouse. I would rather have managed her than anybody in the world. To me, it was like the first time… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
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… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
I grew up in that era of Hendrix and Joplin and The Doors, and the Summer of Love and Haight-Ashbury, and even the Panthers.… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't. — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
The problem of the Panthers is that they scared people. The music of N.W.A didn't scare people; it taught people what it was like… — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
“Ghetto denizens are supposed to stay put. That’s what the ghetto is for. Straight Outta Compton was a jailbreak.” — Jerry Heller Copy Share Image
