Justin Timberlake Quotes

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

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.

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.

I believe people can move things with their minds.

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

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

We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.

Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery

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!

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.

The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.

Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.

The Holy Land... What an experience. I will never forget this day.

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

You're not meant to do what's easy, you're meant to challenge yourself.

True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

There was a point in my teenage years, when we were starting to play bigger shows and females were running after tour buses and all that, and my mom - and I remember this like it was yesterday - said: 'Look, I want you to know that I couldn't be prouder of you. You are extraordinary. You move people. But it doesn't make you better than them. You still put your pants on the same way as them, one leg at a time every morning.' I thought about learning to jump right into them, just to mess with her. But what she said stuck with me, and I think it's true.

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.

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

The teachers that we actually learn more from are the ones that taught us life lessons more than trigonometry. And they have such a huge responsibility and they're under-appreciated and underpaid. So that's my opinion of teachers.

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.

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.

I'm very thankful to be doing what I'm doing. I feel very blessed.

If you asked me what pop is right now. I'd say hip hop.

Every time you do a project, you learn something new.

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.

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

Sexy, to me, is the way you carry what you have. I have a big nose, but I rock it.

The values my mother taught me were like, if you're going to do something, don't half-ass it. I remember her literally saying that to me. Like the first time I ever heard the term half-ass was coming from my mother's lips. I was probably 8 or 9. If you're going to do something, go ahead and throw 115 percent at it, and if you get 100 percent back, well, there you go - you're perfect.

You cannot make a difference unless you're different.

Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

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.

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

If you can answer the question of why you’re doing it, it’s the right thing to do.

I kiss people with my soul. I don't kiss them with my mouth.

I believe mustard to be one of the most amazing condiments.

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.

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 ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.

I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least.

There's nothing wrong with shooting for the stars.

A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.

I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.

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. That's what being an artist is all about. And when it gets done, you don't look back at it and say, Oh, I could have done that better.

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.

I like to play golf. I like to shoot hoops.

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.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

Resolutions are just like rules. They're just made to be broken.

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.

Every relationship I've been in, I've overwhelmed the girl. They just can't handle all the love.