“I'm grateful. But Dre could not have done it without me. And I could not have done it without them.” Quote by Michel'le
“Rap was forbidden with the people who were interviewing us and the shows that I was getting [booked on], and I had kind of crossed over. So Jerry [Heller, who managed N.W.A.] would tell me, 'Do not say you're a rapper, always say you're R&B.'” PeopleKindShowsRapRapperForbiddenJerry Author:Michel'le
“Then instead of introducing Dre as the guy from N.W.A., Jerry Heller would say Dre was my producer! Dre would come to my interviews with me - he'd come to all these places that would never have had the guy from N.W.A. Wasn't it genius?” GuyGeniusProducersInterviewsIntroducingJerry Author:Michel'le
“Do you see how Jerry Heller made it work? That is how he combined what we did to make the rap music into mass music. That's exactly how it happened.” MadeHappenedMassRapMade ItJerryRap Music Author:Michel'le
“I call his ['Straight Outta Compton'] story a Disneyland because it's an illusion. It is how he wanted it to be remembered, so that is how he portrayed it. And he had every right to do that. As did I.” StoriesWantedIllusionRememberedDisneylandCompton Author:Michel'le
“We had everything. We were young kids. We were driving cars our parents couldn't afford, living in big houses. For me to sit here and say, "Oh my God, I didn't enjoy any of it" - no, I did. Of course I did.” BigsKidsYoungCoursesHouseParentEnjoyCarDrivingBig HousesDriving Cars Author:Michel'le
“The beatings, the beatings were so normal to me. The abuse was just routine. I didn't wake up the next day and say, 'Dre, why did you hit me?' We never talked about it the next day. Never.” NextNormalAbuseWake UpRoutineNext Day Author:Michel'le
“I can't think of any time we had a discussion [with Dre] about the aftermath of what happened the night before. We just had too much going on.” ThinkingI CanNightToo MuchHappenedDiscussionAftermath Author:Michel'le
“When I say I loved it, I don't mean I loved being hit. I just mean...there was some good in there, too. I am not going to call it all bad.” Mean Author:Michel'le
“I would go back in time and do differently it is that. I would go back and ask, 'Why?' But I never did. I got up, he got up, we went on about our day. We never discussed the situation [with Dre]. Just, never.” AsksSituationBack In TimeGo Back In Time Author:Michel'le
