Justin Timberlake quotes
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“I believe people can move things with their minds.”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : Justin Timberlake, Susan Black (2003). “Justin Timberlake”, Omnibus Press& Schirmer Trade Books
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“We gotta figure out a way to pay our teachers more. They're like surrogate parents away from home. They have such a huge responsibility and they're underappreciated and underpaid.”
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“The most boring thing in the world? Silence.”
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“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.”
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“The Holy Land... What an experience. I will never forget this day.”
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“I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned, because I listen to everything.”
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“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!”
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“Obviously, with creating music you are solely responsible for the creation of it.”
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“Listen, I'm not cool. Being cool is about keeping your blood pressure steady. So no. Don't be cool. Be passionate. Be dedicated. Be tenacious. Be uncompromising. Be pissed. Be happy. Be sad.”
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“My step-dad is probably the greatest man I've ever known. The best advice I've ever been given was when he told me to enjoy my life because one day I'm not going to be as agile as I am now.”
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“Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : "iHeartRadio Awards 2015: Justin Timberlake Addresses Critics, Says "Their Words Will Fade" by Meena Jang, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 29, 2015.
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“I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than it wasn't worth remembering. So it's my way to test myself in the studio. When I was a kid I could sing pretty well so melody always made a lot of sense to me.”
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“We have a couple of rules in our relationship. The first rule is that I make her feel like she's getting everything. The second rule is that I actually do let her have her way in everything. And, so far, it's working.”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : "Justin Timberlake: Jessica Biel Is ‘Really, Really, Really Special And Really, Really Hot!’". www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2012.
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“My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.”
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“The only thing pot does for me is it gets me to stop thinking. Sometimes I have a brain that needs to be turned off. Some people are just better high.”
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“Even as a kid I would find the one person whose attention I didn't have and I would zone in on that person. It became a challenge.”
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“I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.”
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“I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.”
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“There's nothing wrong with shooting for the stars.”
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“Performing onstage is all about reacting in a grand way. You're playing an arena of seventeen or eighteen thousand people and it's your job to make sure the person at the back feels as cool as the person all the way in the front. Being on stage is a bit of a façade. You get to walk out there and be the coolest version of yourself that you could possibly have imagined and then you come off stage and you're just like everyone else.”
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“Every time you do a project, you learn something new.”
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“To me acting is a hobby and I'm inspired by it. And if I'm going to spend time doing something that I'm not really inspired to do, then why am I doing it? I don't know if that sounds sort of new agey or whatever, but it's true. I've been lucky enough to have a musical career that has gone pretty good and acting is something I have always wanted to do.”
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“I kiss people with my soul. I don't kiss them with my mouth.”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I grew up in Tennessee where you either play football or you don't do anything at all. So I was a bit of loner, being interested in music.”
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“All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper ... who you are. Thats what being an artist is all about. And when it gets done, you dont look back at it and say, Oh, I could have done that better”
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“The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.”
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“In creating music you are the writer, the director, the producer, you create it from scratch. Obviously in playing a role in a film, you take guidance and put your trust into the director. You come into it and you really trust people.”
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“I think people sometimes don't pay enough attention to what they do. I've done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I've worked my ***** off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.”
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“As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some things that might have happened.”
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“Teen pop will never die as long as there are teens and popular music. It just takes a different head.”
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“I'm not a comedian so I'll probably get crucified for saying this, but I think with a lot of comedy the impetus behind it is: I've been rejected so many times and I'm bitter and now I'm going to talk about it.”
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“The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.”
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“I enjoy creating. And if you can do it in a cool way, do it. You can't worry about disappointing people or what their expectations might be.”
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“I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.”
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“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.”
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“It's nice to marry your best friend. It suits me.”
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“We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.”
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“I believe mustard to be one of the most amazing condiments.”
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“It's not a bad Thing to fall in Love...”
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“Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.”
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“Practice ur craft and make it the best it can possibly be-Justin Timberlake”
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“The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.”
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“I admire this town a lot. They take care of their own. There's not a lot of places in the world, much less America, that do that. It's just a great place.”
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“If I'm not learning from something that I'm doing, then that means I've done it before. Do something different, even if it's within the same medium.”
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“I can give you my personal opinion: love the music, hate the business. It's a screwball business, and there are a lot of players who will straight-up lie to you.”
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“True love, to me, is when she's the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up, and the last thought that goes through your head before you go to sleep.”
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“A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.”
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“Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : Song: Mirrors
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“I think the first half of my 20s I felt I had to achieve, achieve, achieve. A lot of men do this. I'm looking around now and I'm like, Where am I running?”
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“I used to think I actually was Batman.”
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“I really didn't try to make an effort to make urban music, but I am a product of my inspirations.”
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“I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops.”
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“I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.”
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“I get way more nervous playing golf in front of 500 people than being on stage in front of 20,000 people.”
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“I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon.”
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“As far as the press is concerned, they're going to say what they want to say. Probably about 10-15 percent of the time It's accurate.”
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“You have a lot of time on these tours. As Alice Cooper said, you can either drink all day or golf.”
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“You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.”
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“I would never do anything just for spite.”
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“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.”
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“I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.”
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“As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.”
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“The fans have been great to me. I don't think it's asking too much to have me sign something for them.”
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“Every relationship I've been in, I've overwhelmed the girl. They just can't handle all the love.”
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“We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.”
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“I sang in church growing up. Memphis is the blues capital of the world, we like to say.”
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“I'm completely removed from any hype that comes my way.”
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“Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.”
-- Justin TimberlakeSource : "New Again: Justin Timberlake". Interview with Emma Brown and Rebecca Wallwork, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 19, 2013.
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“I think music will always be a big part of my life. I can't go five minutes without singing, sometimes unconsciously. And people stare at me, and I'm wondering why they're staring, and then I'm realizing that I'm belting out a tune.”
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“I will always come with something that's aesthetically pleasing.”
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“I'll get you naked by the end of this song.”
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“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.”
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“If you can answer the question of why you’re doing it, it’s the right thing to do.”
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“'Cause if your love was all I had in this life, well that would be enough until the end of time. So rest your weary heart and relax your mind, 'Cause I'm gonna love you, girl, until the end of time.”
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“I’m sure there’s some self-help cheese-ball book about the gray area, but I’ve been having this conversation with my friends who are all about the same age and I’m saying, ‘Y’know, life doesn’t happen in black and white.’ The gray area is where you become an adult the medium temperature, the gray area, the place between black and white. That’s the place where life happens.”
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“When I'm in the studio, there are no boundaries.”
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“Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.”
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“I like woman who doesn't necessarily care if other people like her. She is she who she is and figures people can take it or leave it. What I do like is a woman who has the guts to tell exactly as she feels. It's not appealing when a woman dresses to please a man. It's way more attractive if she has her own distinct style and wears what she feels best in.”
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“I grew up in Tennessee, and if you didn't play football, you were a sissy. I got slurs all the time because I was in music and art...I was an outcast in a lot of ways...but everything that you get picked on for or you feel makes you weird is essentially what's going to make you sexy as an adult.”
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“I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man.”
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“I know what it takes to put on a good show for the fans.”
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“If entertainment years were dog years, man, Id be like Gandhi. Id be like 250 years old.”
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“I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.”
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“I think it's the first idea I ever got about doing something on my own, because it was the first time I'd ever really felt the confidence to do it.”
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“If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.”
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“I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I'm a movie buff.”
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“I needed freedom to really express myself. That's really what Justified is about.”
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“If you're a young person, like I used to be and you're at home and you're being called weird or different, I'm here to tell you your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.”
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“The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.”
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“The many sounds of Memphis shaped my early musical career and continue to be an inspiration to this day.”
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“I have OCD mixed with ADD, you try living with that. Its complicated,”
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“You're not meant to do what's easy, you're meant to challenge yourself.”
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“Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I’d probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet.”
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“Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.”
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“If I did any movies I'd have to take a break from singing, because I'd want it to be really good.”
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“...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be afraid of something that we don't know. ... It's unfortunate that things take a while to progress like this, but it was a great, great victory for equality. I'm proud New York has the balls to stand up for what's right.”
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