Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Janelle Monae Is Not Here for Iggy Azalea's Thievery

Plus, words from Terrence Howard and Kerry Washington.

Janelle on “Classic Man” allegedly containing a sample Iggy Azalea’s "Fancy": - “She steals from us, we steal back.”(Photos: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Janelle on “Classic Man” allegedly containing a sample Iggy Azalea’s "Fancy": - “She steals from us, we steal back.”(Photos: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Dee Barnes remembers Dr. Dre's abusive ways towards her in new essay: - "My life changed that night. I suffer from horrific migraines that started only after the attack... When I get migraines, my head does ring and it hurts, exactly in the same spot every time where he smashed my head against the wall. People have accused me of holding onto the past; I’m not holding onto the past. I have a souvenir that I never wanted. The past holds onto me.”(Photos from Left: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images, Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

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Dee Barnes remembers Dr. Dre's abusive ways towards her in new essay: - "My life changed that night. I suffer from horrific migraines that started only after the attack... When I get migraines, my head does ring and it hurts, exactly in the same spot every time where he smashed my head against the wall. People have accused me of holding onto the past; I’m not holding onto the past. I have a souvenir that I never wanted. The past holds onto me.”(Photos from Left: Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images, Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

Scarface doesn't want to make music for the youth: - “If I was thinking to myself, ‘If I go see him, and get some youth music, then I’d look like the 7-foot 15-year-old… I don’t think that’s my lane. I feel like everybody got a lane that they need to be in, you feel me? I don’t want to look like the dad at the dance. I don’t want to be the chaperone.”(Photo: Ray Tamarra/GC Images)

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Scarface doesn't want to make music for the youth: - “If I was thinking to myself, ‘If I go see him, and get some youth music, then I’d look like the 7-foot 15-year-old… I don’t think that’s my lane. I feel like everybody got a lane that they need to be in, you feel me? I don’t want to look like the dad at the dance. I don’t want to be the chaperone.”(Photo: Ray Tamarra/GC Images)

Diddy was scared for his life when he fell through the 2015 BET Awards stage: - “As I’m falling in the hole, it’s actually... time has slowed down dramatically. We talking about — it’s like 10 seconds, I’m falling. I’m like, ‘Yo, my name is Puff Daddy. I’m one of the coolest cats in the world. There’s 35 million people watching. You about to be the guy that fell in the hole. No. No way, Sean.’”(Photo: Mark Davis/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Diddy was scared for his life when he fell through the 2015 BET Awards stage: - “As I’m falling in the hole, it’s actually... time has slowed down dramatically. We talking about — it’s like 10 seconds, I’m falling. I’m like, ‘Yo, my name is Puff Daddy. I’m one of the coolest cats in the world. There’s 35 million people watching. You about to be the guy that fell in the hole. No. No way, Sean.’”(Photo: Mark Davis/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Janelle Monáe thinks Iggy Azalea needs to slow her roll saying "Classic Man" samples "Fancy": - “She [steals] from us, we steal back.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Janelle Monáe thinks Iggy Azalea needs to slow her roll saying "Classic Man" samples "Fancy": - “She [steals] from us, we steal back.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/Getty Images)

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Terrance Howard says his lifestyle is now squeaky clean since his divorce: - "I refuse to get high, I refuse to watch porn.”(Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)

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Terrance Howard says his lifestyle is now squeaky clean since his divorce: - "I refuse to get high, I refuse to watch porn.”(Photo by PLS Pool/Getty Images)

Mike Epps says his role in Survivor's Remorse is pretty special: - "I think uncle Julius is sort of a guardian angel for Cam. He's in a situation right now where he's making money. He's out there in the world and he's a little green in a lot of situations — on the street side and dealing with people in the business. There's some things that the league doesn't teach the players.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Mike Epps says his role in Survivor's Remorse is pretty special: - "I think uncle Julius is sort of a guardian angel for Cam. He's in a situation right now where he's making money. He's out there in the world and he's a little green in a lot of situations — on the street side and dealing with people in the business. There's some things that the league doesn't teach the players.(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Glory Johnson wants Brittney Griner to know they're both responsible for their split: - "Together we made life changing decisions which impacted our lives collectively, and we both should be held responsible for those decisions.”(Photos from left: Christian Petersen/Getty Images, Anthony Nesmith/CSM/Landov)

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Glory Johnson wants Brittney Griner to know they're both responsible for their split: - "Together we made life changing decisions which impacted our lives collectively, and we both should be held responsible for those decisions.”(Photos from left: Christian Petersen/Getty Images, Anthony Nesmith/CSM/Landov)

Taraji P. Henson is still stunned at the impact her Empire role of Cookie has had on pop culture: - “I was like, ‘Huh?’ Then I got on Twitter and was like, ‘You’re right.’ I’ve seen babies dressed up like Cookie, men dressed up like Cookie, dogs dressed up like Cookie. But you have to be into drag. If you’re not, it may not come off right.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Taraji P. Henson is still stunned at the impact her Empire role of Cookie has had on pop culture: - “I was like, ‘Huh?’ Then I got on Twitter and was like, ‘You’re right.’ I’ve seen babies dressed up like Cookie, men dressed up like Cookie, dogs dressed up like Cookie. But you have to be into drag. If you’re not, it may not come off right.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Robin Thicke says he's made some serious changes since his split from Paula Patton: - "Her and I were together for so long, your whole life revolves around each other. Once we were broken up, I had to open some other windows and that became a better relationship with my mother and father, a better relationship with my aunts and uncles, a better relationship with my cousins, my younger brother and most importantly my son.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Robin Thicke says he's made some serious changes since his split from Paula Patton: - "Her and I were together for so long, your whole life revolves around each other. Once we were broken up, I had to open some other windows and that became a better relationship with my mother and father, a better relationship with my aunts and uncles, a better relationship with my cousins, my younger brother and most importantly my son.”(Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Kerry Washington thinks feeling "back" after having a baby is irrelevant: - “A few weeks ago, my manager asked: ‘Do you feel like you’re back? I feel like you’re back’… She meant it as a total compliment, but we had this great conversation where I was like, ‘You know what? I try really hard not to use that language, because it’s not about going backward in life.’”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Kerry Washington thinks feeling "back" after having a baby is irrelevant: - “A few weeks ago, my manager asked: ‘Do you feel like you’re back? I feel like you’re back’… She meant it as a total compliment, but we had this great conversation where I was like, ‘You know what? I try really hard not to use that language, because it’s not about going backward in life.’”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Talib Kweli supports Bernie Sanders's critics in debate: - “Bernie Sanders is somebody who — just because someone has a record of civil rights doesn’t mean they are automatically entitled to the Black vote."(Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Samsung)

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Talib Kweli supports Bernie Sanders's critics in debate: - “Bernie Sanders is somebody who — just because someone has a record of civil rights doesn’t mean they are automatically entitled to the Black vote."(Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Samsung)

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