Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Aretha Franklin 'Passes' on Nicki Minaj

Plus, words from Azealia Banks and August Alsina.

Aretha Franklin when asked about her thoughts on Nicki Minaj: - “Nicki Minaj? Hmmm, I’m going to pass on that one.”(Photo: Monica Schipper/FilmMagic)

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Aretha Franklin when asked about her thoughts on Nicki Minaj: - "Nicki Minaj? Hmmm, I'm going to pass on that one."(Photo: Monica Schipper/FilmMagic)

Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley on her interpretations of the Bible: - "I feel like oftentimes in the church, people get caught up in literal translations of the Bible. But that's not the home I grew up in. I was taught that love is the most powerful thing. And being able to see that and see my parents on the forefront of that made such a big impact on my life."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Orange Is the New Black's Samira Wiley on her interpretations of the Bible: - "I feel like oftentimes in the church, people get caught up in literal translations of the Bible. But that's not the home I grew up in. I was taught that love is the most powerful thing. And being able to see that and see my parents on the forefront of that made such a big impact on my life."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Clive Davis on Whitney Houston's gift as a live performer: - "Her versatility of doing not only soaring ballads but doing uptempo numbers... She was the all-complete singer and that is why the younger artists coming up today, whether it's a Jennifer Hudson, whether it's Alicia Keys, whether it's Beyoncé, their singer is Whitney Houston."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

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Clive Davis on Whitney Houston's gift as a live performer: - "Her versatility of doing not only soaring ballads but doing uptempo numbers... She was the all-complete singer and that is why the younger artists coming up today, whether it's a Jennifer Hudson, whether it's Alicia Keys, whether it's Beyoncé, their singer is Whitney Houston."(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)

Ne-Yo on Rihanna's upcoming album: - "Beyoncé came out and dropped a massive album that did [incredibly] so now everybody's like OK, what's Rihanna gonna do now... The stuff I've heard is absolutely incredible... I definitely feel like people are going to enjoy it."(Photo: Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for MJCI)

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Ne-Yo on Rihanna's upcoming album: - "Beyoncé came out and dropped a massive album that did [incredibly] so now everybody's like OK, what's Rihanna gonna do now... The stuff I've heard is absolutely incredible... I definitely feel like people are going to enjoy it."(Photo: Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for MJCI)

Azealia Banks on "blue-eyed" soul being "corny": - "It'll be like, 'For a couple of years, we're gonna f*** with blue-eyed soul, and here's Duffy, here's Adele' — who's great — but now we've got a thousand white girls singing blue-eyed soul. It's so regurgitated and corny."(Photo: Pacific Coast News)

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Azealia Banks on "blue-eyed" soul being "corny": - "It'll be like, 'For a couple of years, we're gonna f*** with blue-eyed soul, and here's Duffy, here's Adele' — who's great — but now we've got a thousand white girls singing blue-eyed soul. It's so regurgitated and corny."(Photo: Pacific Coast News)

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Niecy Nash on oral sex being the key to a happy marriage: - "What I say in the book is, 'A BJ a day keeps the divorce attorney away' and I say that because I feel like men are profoundly simplistic, which is the reason I wanted to call my book what I used as the title of chapter three, which is 'Stomach Full, Penis Empty: A Woman's Guide to a Happy Marriage.' Keeping him fed and drained, you have no problem."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Niecy Nash on oral sex being the key to a happy marriage: - "What I say in the book is, 'A BJ a day keeps the divorce attorney away' and I say that because I feel like men are profoundly simplistic, which is the reason I wanted to call my book what I used as the title of chapter three, which is 'Stomach Full, Penis Empty: A Woman's Guide to a Happy Marriage.' Keeping him fed and drained, you have no problem."(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Harry Belafonte on actors needing to influence citizens everywhere: - "Each and every one of you in this room, with your gifts, your power and your skill, can perhaps change the way our global humanity mistrusts itself. Perhaps we as artists and visionaries can influence citizens everywhere in the world to see the better side of what we are as a species."(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Harry Belafonte on actors needing to influence citizens everywhere: - "Each and every one of you in this room, with your gifts, your power and your skill, can perhaps change the way our global humanity mistrusts itself. Perhaps we as artists and visionaries can influence citizens everywhere in the world to see the better side of what we are as a species."(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Andy Cohen on Porsha Williams's Real Housewives of Atlanta demotion: - "It had nothing to do with anything that happened at the reunion last season, I just want to make that clear. Really, it was more about the amount of story that we got from Porsha this season, as we were shooting... We went into it assuming that she was going to be a full housewive, holding a peach."(Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for GQ)

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Andy Cohen on Porsha Williams's Real Housewives of Atlanta demotion: - "It had nothing to do with anything that happened at the reunion last season, I just want to make that clear. Really, it was more about the amount of story that we got from Porsha this season, as we were shooting... We went into it assuming that she was going to be a full housewive, holding a peach."(Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for GQ)

Rodney Jerkins on Ariana Grande and Jessie J remaking Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine": - "Next year is my 20-year anniversary and I'm doing a very special project. Some originals as well as re-imagined hits. So, for example, I'll do the 'The Boy Is Mine' with Ariana and Jessie J."(Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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Rodney Jerkins on Ariana Grande and Jessie J remaking Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine": - "Next year is my 20-year anniversary and I'm doing a very special project. Some originals as well as re-imagined hits. So, for example, I'll do the 'The Boy Is Mine' with Ariana and Jessie J."(Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Harold Perrineau: August 7 - The Best Man actor is gearing up for that third installment at 51. (Photo: Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. via Getty Images)

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Harold Perrineau on the Best Man Part 3: - "It makes total sense to me that there would be at least one more. I just really like those people and I'm really glad that it's happening. I love hanging out with those folks."(Photo: Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. via Getty Images)

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Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood's Moniece Slaughter implies that Lil' Fizz was abusive during their relationship: - "He has done things like kick my dog across the room and he decided to engage a full-on fight with me after he threatened to take my son and never bring him back home. He is selfish, spoiled and he has this ridiculous sense of entitlement."(Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1)

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Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood's Moniece Slaughter implies that Lil' Fizz was abusive during their relationship: - "He has done things like kick my dog across the room and he decided to engage a full-on fight with me after he threatened to take my son and never bring him back home. He is selfish, spoiled and he has this ridiculous sense of entitlement."(Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1)

August Alsina on overworking himself and having seizures: - "What I'm going to do with mine, at least in my mind at that time, was I'm going to go and run myself into the ground with this s***. But after being in a coma for three days, and it was because I was having so many seizures... it just happened. After I fell off stage, I was blank."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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August Alsina on overworking himself and having seizures: - "What I'm going to do with mine, at least in my mind at that time, was I'm going to go and run myself into the ground with this s***. But after being in a coma for three days, and it was because I was having so many seizures... it just happened. After I fell off stage, I was blank."(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Teyana Taylor - The Harlem-born singer, writer and actress looks sleek with poker-straight locks and an irridescent black shift dress. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET) 

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Teyana Taylor on Aaliyah's family not being involved in the Lifetime biopic: - "I'm a real Aaliyah fan, so I'm still looking at it as her fan, not as Teyana Taylor or as auditioning for the role. I'm looking at it like 'Ummm, hello, well, where's the family?'"(Photo: Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET)