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title: "2 Outta Compton Quotes By Jerry Heller"
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> [“Ghetto denizens are supposed to stay put. That’s what the ghetto is for. Straight Outta Compton was a jailbreak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/ghetto-denizens-are-supposed-to-stay-put-that-s-what-the-ghetto-is/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/the-more-parents-hate-the-music-the-more-their-children-will-like-it/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

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## More by Jerry Heller

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/n-w-a-had-something-in-common-with-the-rolling-stones-and-mc5-and/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [I'm the boogeyman used to scare South Central kids when they tell ghost stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-m-the-boogeyman-used-to-scare-south-central-kids-when-they-tell/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [I just loved Amy Winehouse. I would rather have managed her than anybody in the world. To me, it was like the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-just-loved-amy-winehouse-i-would-rather-have-managed-her-than/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-don-t-want-to-be-judged-next-to-guys-like-suge-knight-i-want-to-be/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-am-what-i-am-but-i-m-not-a-thief-and-i-m-not-scandalous/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-grew-up-in-that-era-of-hendrix-and-joplin-and-the-doors-and-the/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [Gangsta rap was the most important movement since the beginning of rock n' roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/gangsta-rap-was-the-most-important-movement-since-the-beginning-of/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [My dad wasn't a gangster, and he wasn't a criminal, but he sure liked to rub padded shoulders with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/my-dad-wasn-t-a-gangster-and-he-wasn-t-a-criminal-but-he-sure-liked/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [There are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry: Those that close deals and those that don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-the-entertainment-industry-those/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/the-problem-of-the-panthers-is-that-they-scared-people-the-music-of-n/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [“But shitty human beings sometimes make great art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/but-shitty-human-beings-sometimes-make-great-art/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [“Ghetto denizens are supposed to stay put. That’s what the ghetto is for. Straight Outta Compton was a jailbreak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/ghetto-denizens-are-supposed-to-stay-put-that-s-what-the-ghetto-is/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/one-thing-that-n-w-a-did-as-larry-flynt-did-before-them-was-to-expand/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [I consider the most important period of my life, from March 3rd, 1987, I think it was, to March 26th, 1995: the day I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/i-consider-the-most-important-period-of-my-life-from-march-3rd-1987-i/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

> [N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-heller/n-w-a-were-the-first-great-rap-audio-documentarians-of-the-problems/)

[Jerry Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-heller/)

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