Quotes by Eazy-E

"Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth."

"Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool."

"The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality."

"Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It's reality rap. It's about what's really going on."

"I go to correctional facilities and talk to kids there. They have little kids in there who are, like, 12 years old, stealing cars and stuff like that."

"If you want to get your point across, you gotta cuss."

"What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison."

"I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that."

"I'm not a registered Republican or Democrat. I don't even vote."

"I have seven children by six different mothers. Maybe success was too good to me."