Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of Oct. 21, 2011

New quotes from Usher, Kim Kardashian, DMX and more.

Drake on Take Care - "This album might bring me a world of problems. I think I finally have a grasp on who I am and what I want to be. I think the goal for this album was to dig even deeper."\r \r(Photo credit: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)\r 

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Drake on the emptiness of casual sex  - “The 15 or 20 seconds after a man reaches his climax is the realest moment he’ll ever have in his life. And if you happen to be with somebody that isn’t someone you want to converse with, you start feeling like, I wish I was just here watching True Blood by myself.”(Photo: Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)

"Baby" - Eminem is just showing off at this point, sounding more like Twista with his rapid-fire delivery to match his quick wit. For the beat, Dr. Dre laced the track as only he can do with singing strings and pounding bass. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Eminem on losing his memory due to drug use  - "I don't know if it sounds like I'm making excuses, but the absolute truth is a lot of my memory is gone. I don't know if you've ever taken Ambien, but it's kind of a memory-eraser."

Kim Kardashian on how her late father would feel about nephew Mason  - "My dad would have loved him.”(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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Kim Kardashian on how her late father would feel about nephew Mason  - "My dad would have loved him.”(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Toni Braxton - How could Toni be broke with all those hits? The singer charged her financial problems to a bum record deal and mismanagement. Braxton owed $3.9 million and filed for bankruptcy in 1998. She sold her household possessions, including her two Grammys, to pay off creditors.(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Toni Braxton on rumors she’s dating 106 & Park's Terrence J  - “I am not dating Terrence J…. I think he’s eye candy for the younger girls. [But although] I’m a little older, parts of me are young.”(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Elise Neal: March 14 - Actress Elise Neal turns 45.(Photo credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Elise Neal on why Rick Ross suffered health emergencies this past week  - “I hate to say this, but I saw this coming. I think they’re pushing him too hard... They don’t think about him or his health—pushing him to do all these videos, pushing tours and shows. He is not 20 years old anymore.” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Usher on how Taylor Swift is so hip hop - "For real, you guys don't even understand. Taylor, yo, she's crunk for real. In Atlanta, she came out. She did her thing. I didn't know she had hip hop swag like that. She came out and they enjoyed it." (Photo: Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

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Usher on how Taylor Swift is so hip hop - "For real, you guys don't even understand. Taylor, yo, she's crunk for real. In Atlanta, she came out. She did her thing. I didn't know she had hip hop swag like that. She came out and they enjoyed it." (Photo: Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

Justin Timberlake on the death of racecar driver Dan Wheldon - "I was deeply saddened to hear the news on Dan Wheldon's unfortunate and untimely death. He was a great driver and a strong supporter of William Rast Racing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family in their time of loss." (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup

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Justin Timberlake on the death of racecar driver Dan Wheldon - "I was deeply saddened to hear the news on Dan Wheldon's unfortunate and untimely death. He was a great driver and a strong supporter of William Rast Racing. My thoughts and prayers are with his family in their time of loss." (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup

Samuel L. Jackson’s launching his first tweet on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon  - "Can-a muh f*kkasay f**k on here?"(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images

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Samuel L. Jackson’s launching his first tweet on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon  - "Can-a muh f*kkasay f**k on here?"(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images

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DMX on giving up cocaine habit  - "Everyone was taking advantage of me with my finances, trying to put me in the direction to fail. I have 10 kids. I have to drive them in the right direction, so I let the cocaine go."(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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DMX on giving up cocaine habit  - "Everyone was taking advantage of me with my finances, trying to put me in the direction to fail. I have 10 kids. I have to drive them in the right direction, so I let the cocaine go."(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Nelly on still being “urban” despite pop success.  - "At the end of the day, I am urban, so you can't run from that fact. At the end of the day, it's another successful brother, stepping and breaking ground for the next brother to come along and do it." (Photo: WireImage)

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Nelly on still being “urban” despite pop success.  - "At the end of the day, I am urban, so you can't run from that fact. At the end of the day, it's another successful brother, stepping and breaking ground for the next brother to come along and do it." (Photo: WireImage)

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Russell Simmons trying to help avoid clash between NYPD and Occupy Wall Street protesters  - "Dear @MikeBloomberg -- I will pay for clean-up of Zuccotti Park to avoid confrontation. I don't wanna go to jail but I will be there ready! Damn looks like they are gonna start a war out of this non violent movement. This could set off lots of chaos.” (Photo: Adrianna Walters/PictureGroup)

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Russell Simmons trying to help avoid clash between NYPD and Occupy Wall Street protesters  - "Dear @MikeBloomberg -- I will pay for clean-up of Zuccotti Park to avoid confrontation. I don't wanna go to jail but I will be there ready! Damn looks like they are gonna start a war out of this non violent movement. This could set off lots of chaos.” (Photo: Adrianna Walters/PictureGroup)

Tracee Ellis Ross on her brother Evan’s acting  - “My brother is a beautiful actor. He has a vulnerability on screen that’s just stunning.” (Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Tracee Ellis Ross on her brother Evan’s acting  - “My brother is a beautiful actor. He has a vulnerability on screen that’s just stunning.” (Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)

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Melissa De Sousa - "Halloween was more psychological and it had really good actors, not just the popular young girls and guys in Hollywood. When you mess around psychologically then I have a problem, then I can’t sleep at night, then I’m looking around in my own house. And that’s why it’s still a classic."(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Melissa De Sousa on her and Tracee Ellis Ross’s characters on Reed Between the Lines - “We’re kind of like a modern-day Laverne and Shirley; she thinks things out, I’m kind of more of an action chick."(Photo: John Ricard / BET)