Word? Celebrity Quotes for the Week of August 26, 2011

New quotes from Lil' Wayne, Keyshia Cole, Gaga and more.

Lil’ Wayne on releasing the digital version of Tha Carter IV hours after the VMAs end: - "I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea. I hope that I can open the door for others.”\r(Photo credit: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

1 / 15

Lil’ Wayne on releasing the digital version of Tha Carter IV hours after the VMAs end: - "I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea. I hope that I can open the door for others.”\r(Photo credit: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

Zoe Saldana on whether she faces hardship in Hollywood because of her race:\r - "I don’t live in that reality. That’s not how I was raised, and I choose not to think like the common people, because then you just become a person that’s half empty."\r(Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

2 / 15

Zoe Saldana on whether she faces hardship in Hollywood because of her race:\r - "I don’t live in that reality. That’s not how I was raised, and I choose not to think like the common people, because then you just become a person that’s half empty."\r(Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Teairra Mari on being arrested for drunk driving: - "I did have drinks and I misjudged the situation by driving myself home. I want to apologize to those that I endangered that night and also to the people that I’ve let down.”\r(Photo credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

3 / 15

Teairra Mari on being arrested for drunk driving: - "I did have drinks and I misjudged the situation by driving myself home. I want to apologize to those that I endangered that night and also to the people that I’ve let down.”\r(Photo credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

/content/dam/betcom/images/2011/06/Celebs-6.1-6.15/062611-celebs-lady-gaga.jpg

4 / 15

Lady Gaga on her love life:\r - "I'm lonely and married to loneliness.... But artists are supposed to be lonely."\r(Photo credit: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

Photo By Photo credit: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup

Kelly Rowland on her love of sex shops: - "(I go) with friends on the low. I go at the right time. Nighttime. 1 a.m. The really good ones (shops) are open that late."\r(Photo credit: PNP/WENN.com)

5 / 15

Kelly Rowland on her love of sex shops: - "(I go) with friends on the low. I go at the right time. Nighttime. 1 a.m. The really good ones (shops) are open that late."\r(Photo credit: PNP/WENN.com)

Photo By Photo credit: PNP/WENN.com

ADVERTISEMENT
Ray J - Ray J was suave in a black pinstriped suit and matching pink shirt, tie and pocket square.(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

6 / 15

Ray J on rumors he texted Kim Kardashian on the day of her wedding: - “Damn everybody leave Kim alone!! Let her be happy!! Stop hittin me wit all this BS!!”\r(Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Waka Flocka Flame on the state of rap music: - “I wish these rap ni**as stop paying the radio 2 spin they songs and let some new rappers come up because this industry is like a old folks home.”  \r(Photo credit: Ben Hider/PictureGroup)

7 / 15

Waka Flocka Flame on the state of rap music: - “I wish these rap ni**as stop paying the radio 2 spin they songs and let some new rappers come up because this industry is like a old folks home.”  \r(Photo credit: Ben Hider/PictureGroup)

Lenny Kravitz on Nick Ashford: - “Left rehearsal. Heard Nick Ashford passed. A legend. My heart goes out to Valerie. My Lord, ain't no mountain high enough. Solid as a rock.”              \r(Photo credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

8 / 15

Lenny Kravitz on Nick Ashford: - “Left rehearsal. Heard Nick Ashford passed. A legend. My heart goes out to Valerie. My Lord, ain't no mountain high enough. Solid as a rock.”              \r(Photo credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Photo By Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Nas on dealing with crazy baby mamas: - “You just gotta do what you gotta do. Just because they're crazy, that don't got sh*t to do with what's going on with your life and you keeping the lights on. And you doing what you gotta do every day. So you gotta do what you gotta do as a man, don't make excuses.”\r(Photo credit: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

9 / 15

Nas on dealing with crazy baby mamas: - “You just gotta do what you gotta do. Just because they're crazy, that don't got sh*t to do with what's going on with your life and you keeping the lights on. And you doing what you gotta do every day. So you gotta do what you gotta do as a man, don't make excuses.”\r(Photo credit: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

Lauryn Hill on being pregnant again - “I keep having these children ... I’m the most fertile woman in America.” (Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

10 / 15

Lauryn Hill on her debut album: - “I think we understood it was gonna be landmark, but I don't think we understood to what degree people would be deeply impacted by what was done. I was really trying to express myself. I say all the time, I make music not necessarily for selfish reasons, but I make music I wanna hear.”\r(Photo credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The United Republic of Tanzania)

ADVERTISEMENT
Holly Robinson-Peete on her 17-year marriage with Rodney Peete: - “I think that as a couple, our priorities are different than some of the other celebrities in town. Are our kids happy? Do we have a house to live in? How’s our charity going? Those are the things we look at to gage success. We have a very different gauge of success, I believe.”\r(Photo credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

11 / 15

Holly Robinson-Peete on her 17-year marriage with Rodney Peete: - “I think that as a couple, our priorities are different than some of the other celebrities in town. Are our kids happy? Do we have a house to live in? How’s our charity going? Those are the things we look at to gage success. We have a very different gauge of success, I believe.”\r(Photo credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Photo By Neilson Barnard/Getty Images

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries - This over-exposed couple put an end to their marriage back in 2011 — 72 days after they said "I Do," as a matter of fact — but the split wasn't finalized until this past April. With her ex's cooperation, and the judge's signature on the divorce papers, Kardashian was free and clear to start a family with boyfriend Kanye West.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

12 / 15

Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries on their wedding: - “It was like we were in heaven. I'm going to remember how perfect it was."\r(Photo credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Keyshia Cole on Aaliyah:\r - “[There was] something about her spirit. She connected before reality TV, before any of that happened in our era. It was something about her that made you connect to her. She seemed like she had a beautiful soul."\r(Photo credit: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

13 / 15

Keyshia Cole on Aaliyah:\r - “[There was] something about her spirit. She connected before reality TV, before any of that happened in our era. It was something about her that made you connect to her. She seemed like she had a beautiful soul."\r(Photo credit: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com)

Kreayshawn (@kreayshawn) - Bay Area rapper Kreayshawn is basking in the attention that she's been getting off her single "Gucci Gucci." She's got to keep the work up. TWEET: "We doin the zompire right now. I work and never get tired. I work till time expire." (Photo: Scott Weiner/Retna Ltd)

14 / 15

Kreayshawn on Nicki Minaj: - “I love Nicki. She fine. I’d kiss her everywhere.”\r(Photo credit: Scott Weiner/Retna Ltd.)

Photo By Photo: Scott Weiner/Retna Ltd

Damon Dash on his relationship with Aaliyah: - "Our time together meant so much that when we got more time, we felt like that [engagement] would be next. She was one of the best people I ever met. Even with the pain I felt, I would do it all over again."\r(Photo credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

15 / 15

Damon Dash on his relationship with Aaliyah: - "Our time together meant so much that when we got more time, we felt like that [engagement] would be next. She was one of the best people I ever met. Even with the pain I felt, I would do it all over again."\r(Photo credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)