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)
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)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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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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