Top 90 Justin Timberlake Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Justin Timberlake

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2. “The gray area, the place between black and white – that’s the place where life happens.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

4. “You’re not meant to do what’s easy, you’re meant to challenge yourself.”

— Justin Timberlake

5. “It’s not a bad Thing to fall in Love...”

— Justin Timberlake

6. “Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won’t.”

— Justin Timberlake

7. “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

8. “You cannot make a difference unless you’re different.”

— Justin Timberlake

9. “The most boring thing in the world? Silence.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

11. “Every time you do a project, you learn something new.”

— Justin Timberlake

12. “I’ll get you naked by the end of this song.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

15. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

16. “The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.”

— Justin Timberlake

17. “I’m very thankful to be doing what I’m doing. I feel very blessed.”

— Justin Timberlake

18. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

19. “It’s nice to marry your best friend. It suits me.”

— Justin Timberlake

20. “I will always come with something that’s aesthetically pleasing.”

— Justin Timberlake

21. “You can say things a million times, but if you can’t sing it, then it really isn’t much of a song.”

— Justin Timberlake

22. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

23. “Practice ur craft and make it the best it can possibly be-Justin Timberlake.”

— Justin Timberlake

24. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

25. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

26. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

27. “A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

29. “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?”

— Justin Timberlake

30. “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 Timberlake

31. “The feeling of being different is really what makes us the same. We have our own struggles, yet we want the same things. We want human connection, a place to feel at home, and pizza.”

— Justin Timberlake

32. “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

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

— Justin Timberlake

34. “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

35. “Kate Moss. She looks good in anything. She would look good in one of your t-shirts, in her t-shirt, in a man’s suit, in a huge gown. She looks amazing naked. She even makes nude look stylish. That, to me, is a style icon. She could put a barrel on and it would be some sort of statement.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

37. “I like simple things. I like to sneak in the theatre and watch movies. I’m a movie buff.”

— Justin Timberlake

38. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

39. “We should all believe in something, and I believe it’s time for another shot of tequila.”

— Justin Timberlake

40. “I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

43. “Resolutions are just like rules. They’re just made to be broken.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

46. “I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother’s pecan pie.”

— Justin Timberlake

47. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake

48. “My hair is so unmanageable.”

— Justin Timberlake

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

— Justin Timberlake

50. “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.”

— Justin Timberlake