WORD? CELEBRITY QUOTES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 23

Justin Bieber

You know ... we used to watch [the show]. Me and my mom used to watch it when I was little and we were like, 'I could get on there, you know.’ When I turned 16, I might have went and tried out, but this was faster.

- Justin Bieber on 'American Idol'

The Game

It happens so fast sometimes. I felt the same way I felt when I woke up and they said that Jam Master Jay got murdered, and then I woke up this morning to a text [saying], 'Guru is dead.'

- The Game on Guru

Christina Aguilera

I think it's important that [Max] sees mommy not be ashamed for her sexuality. ... We're art collectors, there are a lot of female nudes around the house. Max will be growing up in a house where it's just the norm. ... It's only weird when you shame it," she said, adding, "I'm more confident and comfortable in my own skin. I think I'm even a more sexual Christina.

- Christina Aguilera

Jim Jones

It's 2010, and this is something I gotta get off my chest. ... You've known us from back when we didn't have what we have now, so you remember, that above all, me and Cam, we still brothers. And we're building on getting back on track, but first, I apologize for being a rude brother, for saying things publicly without first trying to handle them privately.

- Jim Jones on Dipset

Martin Lawrence

Any time you can get Big Willie to come out and talk about doing a third installment of a hot movie like 'Bad Boys,' you have to take notice. I met with Michael Bay, and he said he's onboard too — so it's real.

- Martin Lawrence on 'Bad Boy 3'

?uestlove

In my 10 greatest voices in hip hop, Guru was easily top 5 ... Smooth. velvet. will be missed. RIP Guru ... Back when we first took getting into the industry seriously, Gang Starr's Daily Operation LP got us thru 1992.

- ?uestlove on Guru

Chris Rock

Marlon Wayans screen-tested for it, and it was amazing. If you ever saw him in 'Requiem for a Dream,' you know how dramatic he can be.

- Chris Rock on Marlon Wayans as Richard Pryor

Lauren London

Wayne is a great dad. He's a great father. I have no complaints!

- Lauren London on Lil Wayne

Nicki Minaj

Everyone's not going to like the way I look or what I do but I think if you're smart you'd take from me and figure out why everyone is talking about me. That'd be the 'smart' thing to do. I don't think they know how to express that so they express it with anger, jealousy and hatred and that consumes them and I'm still here.

- Nicki Minaj

Nelly

Sweetheart, all you have to tell me is what hotel did we f*ck in. You have to tell me one that we've been f*cking around at for two months. Tell me one of them, please...I've been exposed? You lie. You can't tell me one hotel.

- Nelly on Kat Stacks

Ginuwine

We did a song called 'Get Involved' and we paid him $50,000 to appear in the video. And we paid him his producing fee and this dude didn't even get in it. He messed me up to the point where we had to make an animation of the video and put it overseas.

- Ginuwine on Timbaland

Grace Jones

I’ve seen some things she’s worn that I’ve worn, and that does kind of p*** me off ... I wouldn’t go to see her. I really don’t think of her at all. I go about my business. I just don’t play with other acts as a rule.

- Grace Jones on Lady Gaga

DJ Premier

I’ve been asked to comment on a letter speaking ill of me which was supposedly written by Guru in his dying days. All I will say about it is that our time together was beautiful, we built a hip hop legacy together, and no one can re-write history or take away my love for him. One thing I would never do is play around with the truth about his life.

- DJ Premier on Guru

Fat Joe

With me, it’s all about being comfortable with who you are and if you gay, fine, be gay. I’m not gay but fine, you do what you do. I’ll do what I do. I think it’s 2010 and everybody should be allowed to live happy and live their lives and whatever makes you happy, then so be it. That’s his choice. I’m in a different lane, but whatever is his choice is his choice.

- Fat Joe on Ricky Martin

Oprah Winfrey

Gayle got herself worked out with all my new daddies coming out. This, too, shall pass.

- Oprah Winfrey on Kitty Kelley's unauthorized biography

Rihanna

I have an ugly day every month; pimples on my face, I’m fat and in a bad mood. It’s more like an ugly week.

- Rihanna

Akon

She records while she's on the road. I'm flying out to Europe to work on some new records with her. Gaga's just like me. She has a tour bus with a studio in it. Some of the songs I've heard are going to be crazy. She's getting bigger and better.

- Akon on Lady Gaga

Diddy

I'm sorry to all I may have offended. We're sorry for being the best... I am sorry that I came out with these flavors that taste so good -- I am sorry that the competition's sales are down and we're up, there's nothing I could do about that, nothing I can do about the way your vodka tastes. I am sorry that I am coming to you live from a bubble bath. I'm sorry.

- Diddy on Ciroc Vodka

Pepa

Not everyone's role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would their parents. But [Nicki's] young, so how's she gonna enlighten? She's new, she's excited and what happens when you have a male camp backing you? Yeah, you might be singing those kinds of lyrics. That's what happens when you have a male camp dictating how you should be.

- Pepa on Nicki Minaj

Drake

We went to Kingston. We went to this 'hood. They call it the 'gully' side. It's bad out there, real bad. They had 'Young Money' sprayed on the gates, 'Drake and Wayne,' 'cause I came to shoot the video out there. I'm talking about you drive by people's homes, they had 'Drake,' 'Young Money,' 'Drake, Welcome Here,' 'Drake We Love You' -- crazy sh--, man. It was so crazy.

- Drake on shooting ‘Find Your Love’