100 Quotes by Too Short

It's not a passion of mine to follow politics. When I deal with political issues in my songs, I just say stuff that's current, only as a songwriter.

I didn't tell anybody anywhere on planet Earth that I support Donald Trump as a candidate.

I've never thrown away a rhyme book.

If Too $hort and Freddy B DJed your party, you were gonna get a rap show during the party.

Executives are convinced that a rapper has a certain lifespan as far as being a hot emcee. When you start to approach your 30s, pretty much stereotypically it's over.

Not even if we were sitting next to each other talking about life would I tell you all of my story. I just don't throw it out there like that.

In 1979, I was in ninth grade. Before I started tenth grade, I was already rapping myself. I didn't wait around to see what hip-hop was doing before I jumped in; I did it immediately. When I first heard it, I said, 'I can do this.'

I don't know what they had against collabos. I have no idea, but I look back on it and a lot of Jive artists have really never collaborated with each other.

I've been taking it in stride, man. I'm not the kind of person who goes around bragging to everybody, 'I did a song with Lady Gaga!'