Community Quote by Jerry Heller

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…

— Jerry Heller

Rock n' roll is about attitude and rebellion. It's supposed to be fun and spontaneous.

— Slash

Rap or hip-hop music emerged in the West because of the atrocities against the Blacks. Their lyrics had a certain style of rebellion and…

— Badshah

Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and The Sex Pistols may come and go, but rebellion remains a key part of the rock…

— Robert Hilburn

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just…

— Robbie Robertson

The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys get together,…

— Peter Frampton

We were inspired by groups like Public Enemy, EPMD, and N.W.A. and ya know, Boogie Down Productions, Run-DMC and the list goes on.

— B-Real

You have these rap groups talking about 'Fight The Power' and that kind of stuff. What do they mean by that? Fight democracy? Fight…

— Eddie Rabbitt

Rap always has that undertone of rebellion and I just wanted to explore it. I felt there was a rebel within me who was…

— Badshah

Rock'n'roll to me is a rebellion against the sterile pedestal culture of movies.

— Juliette Lewis

I think there are certain genres of music where people are allowed to go on, but there is something about rock and roll, I…

— Kate Pierson

N.W.A. were the first great rap audio documentarians of the problems in our inner cities.

— Jerry Heller