Word? Celebrity Quotes: Week of May 27, 2011

New quotes from Beyoncé, Oprah, Nicki Minaj and more.

Justin Bieber on His Next Album - "I would love to work with Jay-Z. Just a cool, fun record."   (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Justin Bieber on His Next Album - "I would love to work with Jay-Z. Just a cool, fun record."   (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Lady GaGa on Her Worst Song - “I hate ‘Telephone.'  Is that terrible to say? It’s the song I have the most difficult time listening to.” (Photo credit: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Lady GaGa on Her Worst Song - “I hate ‘Telephone.'  Is that terrible to say? It’s the song I have the most difficult time listening to.” (Photo credit: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

Shaunie O’Neal on the Future of “Football Wives” - “It was one of those things where we’ll just put it on the back burner, maybe reinvent it maybe not. And right now it’s a not.”(Photo by Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Shaunie O’Neal on Criticism That the “Basketball Wives” Are Gold-Diggers - “I don’t know the answer everyone is looking for. Some woman, somewhere all over the world, is like each one of these women. It may not be you, but it's someone you know.”(Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Nicki Minaj on Drake - “He’s really easy to talk to. As a girl, you don’t meet a lot of guys you can have a conversation with about anything. It’s dope.” (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Nicki Minaj on Being Branded Queen of Hip Hop - “Whether or not I’m the queen of anything, everybody’s gonna have their own opinion, and I don’t do this thinking, 'Im the queen of this, I’m the queen of that.' I just feel like I’m working hard, and I just want people to recognize that.”(Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Hoopz on Helping Shaq With His Snoring Problem - “His chest would stop moving. Like, he was not breathing. So I nudged him like, ‘Babe, wake up,’ and then he’d catch his breath. And I was like, ‘Dude, you just stopped breathing in your sleep.’ And I saved him.”(Photo credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Hoopz on Helping Shaq With His Snoring Problem - “His chest would stop moving. Like, he was not breathing. So I nudged him like, ‘Babe, wake up,’ and then he’d catch his breath. And I was like, ‘Dude, you just stopped breathing in your sleep.’ And I saved him.”(Photo credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Snoop Dogg on Missing Birth of Daughter - "I regret not being there when my baby girl was born. I was there for both of my boys. I was out and about, ripping and running, doing too much.” (Photo credit: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

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Snoop Dogg on Missing Birth of Daughter - "I regret not being there when my baby girl was born. I was there for both of my boys. I was out and about, ripping and running, doing too much.” (Photo credit: Kristian Dowling/PictureGroup)

Queen Latifah on Dolly Parton - "She has really huge breasts and I did, too. I felt like, 'OK, I can relate to that.' She wore them with pride. You never catch her slipping. The heels are there. The wig is right." (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Queen Latifah on Dolly Parton - "She has really huge breasts and I did, too. I felt like, 'OK, I can relate to that.' She wore them with pride. You never catch her slipping. The heels are there. The wig is right." (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Oprah on 25 Seasons of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” - "Every day that I stood here, I knew that this was exactly where I was supposed to be.” (Photo credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

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Oprah on 25 Seasons of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” - "Every day that I stood here, I knew that this was exactly where I was supposed to be.” (Photo credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

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The Game on His Kids Realizing He’s Famous - “My oldest son Harlem’s about to be eight, and so he’s at school and he comes home and he’s like, ‘Dad, are you The Game?’ and I’m like ‘Uh, yeah.’ He’s like, ‘You’re a singer?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, sort of.’ He’s like, ‘Like the Jonas Brothers?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, sort of.’” (Photo credit: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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The Game on His Kids Realizing He’s Famous - “My oldest son Harlem’s about to be eight, and so he’s at school and he comes home and he’s like, ‘Dad, are you The Game?’ and I’m like ‘Uh, yeah.’ He’s like, ‘You’re a singer?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, sort of.’ He’s like, ‘Like the Jonas Brothers?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, sort of.’” (Photo credit: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

50 on Whether He’s Got Beef With Diddy - "I'm not upset with [Diddy] at all. He'll call me like, 'What's the next move, playboy? Why I feel like you doing this?' And I'm like, 'Nah, nah, it ain't nothin'.'" (Photo:  Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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50 on Whether He’s Got Beef With Diddy - "I'm not upset with [Diddy] at all. He'll call me like, 'What's the next move, playboy? Why I feel like you doing this?' And I'm like, 'Nah, nah, it ain't nothin'.'" (Photo:  Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Wiz Khalifa on Online Criticism - “I don’t make the type of music for everybody, or you might not like me or what I do, but you’ve gotta understand what I work towards and where I’m at now; you can’t take that from me because nobody just handed it to me.”(Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Wiz Khalifa on Online Criticism - “I don’t make the type of music for everybody, or you might not like me or what I do, but you’ve gotta understand what I work towards and where I’m at now; you can’t take that from me because nobody just handed it to me.”(Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Nas on His Children - "My daughter is at the age where she can call me up and tell me what she thinks about Beyoncé's new video and what she thinks about Wiz Khalifa and we can talk about it all. My son is walking and talking and he's no joke. I got the best kids in the world. I walk around every day very blessed."(Photo credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

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Nas on His Children - "My daughter is at the age where she can call me up and tell me what she thinks about Beyoncé's new video and what she thinks about Wiz Khalifa and we can talk about it all. My son is walking and talking and he's no joke. I got the best kids in the world. I walk around every day very blessed."(Photo credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

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Ledisi on Learning to Let Go of Her Ego - "Be humble! In the end people really care about how you treat them, not just how good you are at what you do." (Photo credit: Mychal Watts/PictureGroup)

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Ledisi on Learning to Let Go of Her Ego - "Be humble! In the end people really care about how you treat them, not just how good you are at what you do." (Photo credit: Mychal Watts/PictureGroup)

Chelsea Handler on Her Unwanted Pregnancy - "I had an abortion when I was 16. Because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about." (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

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Chelsea Handler on Her Unwanted Pregnancy - "I had an abortion when I was 16. Because that's what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Those are things that people shouldn't be dishonest about." (Photo credit: Gregg DeGuire/PictureGroup)

Part Two of Oprah’s Star-Studded Send-off - In a salute befitting a media queen, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith hosted this surprise tribute to Oprah, which included performances from such music greats as Stevie Wonder and Aretha Frankin. Even Oprah’s beau, Stedman Graham, took the stage to offer loving words. Needless to say, the queen was teary for most of the show.

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Beyoncé on her 2011 Billboard Awards performance - “I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards." (Photo credit: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)