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Justin Timberlake Quotes

What makes most people comfortable is some sort of sense of nostalgia. I grew up in a small town, and I could count my friends on one hand, and I still live that way. I think I’ll die in a small town. When I can’t move my bones around a stage any more, you’ll find me living in a place that’s spread out and rural and spacious.

– Justin Timberlake

I don’t see myself as someone who’s ever going to be defined by one moment. It’s on to the next.

– Justin Timberlake

Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.

– Justin Timberlake

My favorite moments in the show are when I stand by myself and sing.

– Justin Timberlake

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

– Justin Timberlake

You spend so much time developing a character when you do a film; so much of your work is done before you get set to shoot because you’ve been working on the character: the way he walks, the way he talks, what might upset him, what might make him happy.

– Justin Timberlake

Honestly, when you’re making a movie, you never say, ‘Oh, this one’s going to suck and go straight to video.’ When you’re in it, you think you’re doing the best work you can do. You’re surrounded by people who are working hard. Everybody’s hopeful.

– Justin Timberlake

The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.

– Justin Timberlake

When I’m not on stage, I’m kind of shy. If you see me and I don’t say much, don’t think I’m not taking in what you have to say. I’m just not a big talker.

– Justin Timberlake

I needed freedom to really express myself. That’s really what Justified is about.

– Justin Timberlake

I didn’t put out this album because I wanted everybody to know I was grown up. I’m 21 and that’s not grown up.

– Justin Timberlake

There’s nothing wrong with shooting for the stars.

– Justin Timberlake

Gossip is called gossip because it’s not always the truth.

– Justin Timberlake

I pick my nose and I’m not ashamed to admit it. If there’s a bogey then just pick it, man.

– Justin Timberlake

The thing is that my idols have always been the types of guys who could do anything: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Sinatra, Dean Martin; and when you look up to people like that, you don’t accept that you need to be compartmentalised.

– Justin Timberlake

I used to think I actually was Batman.

– Justin Timberlake

I remember my mom saying, ‘I will take you to every audition, I will support you, but the minute you stop caring about it, I will stop.’

– Justin Timberlake

If you put out 150 percent, then you can always expect 100 percent back. That’s what I was always told as a kid, and It’s worked for me so far!

– Justin Timberlake

The only thing I wasn’t prepared for was being everywhere all at the same time.

– Justin Timberlake

‘Celebrity’ is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don’t think it makes me extraordinary. That’s my opinion. I like to be an artist; I like to do things that are involved in the arts, but I don’t think it makes me more special than a doctor, for example. A doctor is an extraordinary person.

– Justin Timberlake

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

– Justin Timberlake

My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It’s laid out for you. It’s just up to you to walk it.

– Justin Timberlake

I think my style is kind of a cross between a skater hippie and an R&B star. If there were something I was going to endorse, it would probably be something like sneakers. Something that would be me.

– Justin Timberlake

The fans have been great to me. I don’t think it’s asking too much to have me sign something for them.

– Justin Timberlake

Senorita was fun to sing, but I don’t really have a favorite. When you write a bunch of songs, they’re like your babies. You don’t pick favorites.

– Justin Timberlake

I’m a mutt as far as music is concerned because I listen to everything.

– Justin Timberlake

I don’t think men figure out what they’re really about until they’re 25. That’s when they start to feel like themselves.

– Justin Timberlake

If I did any movies I’d have to take a break from singing, because I’d want it to be really good.

– Justin Timberlake

I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.

– Justin Timberlake

Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.

– Justin Timberlake

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