Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Erykah Badu's Iggy Azalea Shade Was Brutal

Plus, words from Tracy Morgan and Uzo Aduba.

Erykah Badu says inviting Iggy Azalea to the Soul Train Awards doesn't violate the event's "no rap" policy: - "Yeah. Hey. Oh…no, no, no, you can come because what you’re doing is DEFINITELY not rap. In fact, I’m going to send an Uber for you right now.”(Photos from left: Ethan Miller/BET/Getty Images for BET, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Erykah Badu says inviting Iggy Azalea to the Soul Train Awards doesn't violate the event's "no rap" policy: - "Yeah. Hey. Oh…no, no, no, you can come because what you’re doing is DEFINITELY not rap. In fact, I’m going to send an Uber for you right now.”(Photos from left: Ethan Miller/BET/Getty Images for BET, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Yusuf Mack loves transgender women, but not necessarily toned ones: - “My interest is trannies. I love trannies. I’m attracted to trannies. I don’t like nobody [with] muscle like me.”(Photo: Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

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Yusuf Mack loves transgender women, but not necessarily toned ones: - “My interest is trannies. I love trannies. I’m attracted to trannies. I don’t like nobody [with] muscle like me.”(Photo: Scott Heavey/Getty Images)

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Tracy Morgan said God spoke to him after his accident: - "This is not something I'm making up. Do you know what God said to me? He said, 'Your room ain't ready. I still got something for you to do.' And here I am, doing an interview with you.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Tracy Morgan said God spoke to him after his accident: - "This is not something I'm making up. Do you know what God said to me? He said, 'Your room ain't ready. I still got something for you to do.' And here I am, doing an interview with you.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Lupe Fiasco threatens to physically harm Kid Cudi next time he sees him: - "To all my enemies, you are now forgiven. Except Kid Cudi, 'cause that’s not my motherf****n’ buddy. If I see him in the streets, it’s getting’ motherf****n’ ugly.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Lupe Fiasco threatens to physically harm Kid Cudi next time he sees him: - "To all my enemies, you are now forgiven. Except Kid Cudi, 'cause that’s not my motherf****n’ buddy. If I see him in the streets, it’s getting’ motherf****n’ ugly.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Usher on connecting to Norman Lear’s films growing up with an absentee father: - "Realistic television and sitcoms became very valuable to me, because I was raised without a father. So I looked to these shows for an idea of a family structure. ... I found a connection there with those shows.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Usher on connecting to Norman Lear’s films growing up with an absentee father: - "Realistic television and sitcoms became very valuable to me, because I was raised without a father. So I looked to these shows for an idea of a family structure. ... I found a connection there with those shows.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Don't expect Zendaya to have a Miley moment: - "That’s why I said, in order to avoid those problems just be yourself from the beginning and be honest with the world, because that’s the only thing you can do. There will be no surprises.”(Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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Don't expect Zendaya to have a Miley moment: - "That’s why I said, in order to avoid those problems just be yourself from the beginning and be honest with the world, because that’s the only thing you can do. There will be no surprises.”(Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

Uzo Aduba wants to represent those whose stories aren’t being told in Hollywood: - "I want to tell the stories I’ve been missing. I’m interested in portraying and representing people that are missing from the portrait of our lives. I meet and see people from all walks of life, and I wonder why they’re missing from the framework of storytelling and the framework of our narratives.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour)

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Uzo Aduba wants to represent those whose stories aren’t being told in Hollywood: - "I want to tell the stories I’ve been missing. I’m interested in portraying and representing people that are missing from the portrait of our lives. I meet and see people from all walks of life, and I wonder why they’re missing from the framework of storytelling and the framework of our narratives.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour)

Lupita Nyong’o isn't actually as confident as we think: - "The stage of self-doubt is never eliminated. It’s work. It doesn’t come naturally or easily because I have a golden statue sitting on my shelf.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour)

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Lupita Nyong’o isn't actually as confident as we think: - "The stage of self-doubt is never eliminated. It’s work. It doesn’t come naturally or easily because I have a golden statue sitting on my shelf.”(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Glamour)

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Jill Scott wasn’t trying to be sexy when making her latest album — she just wanted to write some sexy songs: - “I didn’t want to be sexy for anybody. I swear I didn’t, but I did want to write some sexy stff. Why does it matter what I look like? As long as I tell my story and you relate to it and you laugh with it, and you live with it. That’s what you’ve been doing and I appreciate the respect. Thank you for treating me with respect because I earned it. And I like it. Thank you so much.”(Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Jill Scott wasn’t trying to be sexy when making her latest album — she just wanted to write some sexy songs: - “I didn’t want to be sexy for anybody. I swear I didn’t, but I did want to write some sexy stff. Why does it matter what I look like? As long as I tell my story and you relate to it and you laugh with it, and you live with it. That’s what you’ve been doing and I appreciate the respect. Thank you for treating me with respect because I earned it. And I like it. Thank you so much.”(Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Here’s why Tyra Banks left FABLife after just a few episodes: - “I realized that if I stepped away (from show business) for five years to start this business, I need to focus on this and not run my company in emails and in quick meetings between shows of FABLIfe. And I made that decision.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Here’s why Tyra Banks left FABLife after just a few episodes: - “I realized that if I stepped away (from show business) for five years to start this business, I need to focus on this and not run my company in emails and in quick meetings between shows of FABLIfe. And I made that decision.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Tyrese has a challenge for all the R&B singers out there: - "Here’s my challenge to every R&B singer in the game: do a pure R&B album with no Hip Hop features. A pure R&B album. Can you do it?"(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Tyrese has a challenge for all the R&B singers out there: - "Here’s my challenge to every R&B singer in the game: do a pure R&B album with no Hip Hop features. A pure R&B album. Can you do it?"(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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