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EA: Hi Justin.
Justin: Hi, how are you?
EA: Good, good. How's it going for you?
Justin: Yeah, well, you know. Things are good. Life is good right now.
EA: You gotta say, yeah.
Justin: It's good to be in 'N SYNC right now.
EA: Well, you're very talented. We sent somebody here to review your show at the Universal Amphitheater in L.A. and they were just blown away.
Justin: Really?
EA: You should check out that review on our site.
Justin: Yeah, well I'll do that.
EA: You can go to AOL keyword: EA Music.
Justin: EA Music. Okay, I'll do that.
EA: You guys have AOL accounts, don't you?
Justin: My parents have one so I can. I'm fixin' to get my laptop so I'm about to have one.
EA: Great. Well, first off I want to say congratulations because you won the You've Got Fans online awards in four categories.
Justin: Really??
EA: You won for... just listen to this. Winner, Hottest Male. 'N SYNC won CD of the Year.
Justin: Wow!!!
EA: You won for Sexiest Newcomer. And Favorite Musical Artist of your fans on AOL was 'NSYNC.
Justin: Wow.
Justin: Cool. Who all was in the competition?
EA: Everybody from Jewel, you know, the usual suspects.
Justin: Wow
EA: So that's why we wanted to talk to you today.
Justin: That's great.
EA: And we have a very snappy looking award for you.
Justin: Cool, that's great, get my home address 'cause I know my mom will want to hold onto that.
EA: Okay, so I have some questions from your fans.
Justin: These are from the fans eh?
EA: All from the fans. They posted questions for you on message boards.
Justin: Okay.
Question: Does Justin regret not having a normal teen life?
Justin: I don't regret anything that I've done with this group. I think that when people find something that they love to do they make sacrifices to do it. And this is just, you know, a sacrifice that I've had to make, but I never, you know, regret. Because being with five guys we get to act like kids anyways. So it kind of evens out. And, I mean, it's like I said, this is what I love to do, you know. So you can't beat it.
Justin: With a stick!
Question: What do you think of all the hype? The girls yelling and screaming, etc.?
Justin: Um, well, I don't, you know, I don't pay attention to the hype really. As long as the people are enjoying the music, that's enough for me. The fact that, you know, our fans are so loyal that they take the time out to learn so much about us, and to get so into us, that's truly flattering. And that's a great feeling. And, you know, I mean it's a bit overwhelming for me because, like I said, when we started off it's like well if the people like our music, then that's enough for us.
Question: Do you ever get tired of constantly being hounded by crazed fans?
Justin: No. I mean, you always have to get your personal time, you know, to yourself, but we're very appreciative of our fans. And whenever we can do something for them, you know, that's something that we're happy to do. I mean, like today we're going to do an autograph signing, you know, at a store. So, I mean, we're never too big for our fans.
EA: Great. So how many hours will you sign autographs, do you think?
Justin: We'll do it until we finish a thousand. We're guaranteed to do a thousand. So I guess the first ones who line up. I don't know how that works. I just know I get there and start signing.
EA: That's great that you guys do that, though, for your fans.
EA: Ooh, now here's a really important question. You're going to want to take your time with this one.
Question: What's your favorite ice cream?
Justin:
EA: Oh, you're making me hungry.
Justin: It's good stuff. And they have like the best vanilla too.
EA: I'm taking notes.
Justin: Yeah, write this down 'cause you're gonna want some of this ice cream. Trust me.
Question: Who was your biggest inspiration? You personally.
Justin: I've had personal inspirations and I've had, you know, on a bigger level, lots of musical and other kinds of inspirations. I think my mom and my dad have always inspired me and always taught me that if you give it a hundred and fifty percent every time, you can't be upset with the outcome. You know, because you gave it your all. And on a bigger level, you know, I've looked up musically to people like Stevie Wonder and Brian McKnight. I've always been a big fan of Brian McKnight's. But on another level, somebody like Michael Jordan 'cause I've always been a big fan of basketball. And just to see somebody like him, it's like he doesn't know how to lose. You know, in his head it's like he wins. And that's just the mentality that I always thought that I possessed. You know, just from watching him and learning from him. And I apply it to different things in MY career, you know. But I mean just watching someone like him work, it's incredible.
Question: Thanks for all the great music, can I have your fan club address?
EA: We get asked that a lot Justin.
Justin: The fan club address, um, man, you put me on the spot and I don't know the exact numbers. You know me, I'll mess up numbers. I always forget the numbers.
EA: Okay, no worries, here it is...
'N SYNC
P.O. Box 5248
Bellingham, WA 98227
Question: What's your concert schedule?
Justin: Well, we have another tour lined up for March, April and May. But I mean we're finishing this tour, we got, um... let me interrupt for a second. How soon is this gonna go onto the Internet?
EA: Oh, pretty quick.
Justin: Okay, okay, I was just makin' sure. I don't want it to be like past tense.
EA: No, no.
Justin: Yeah, well we finish out this tour until the seventeenth of January. And then we got another tour planned, big arena tour, for March, April and May. And we'll be in a town near you, so you should come. Come have fun with us.
Question: How does a person go about getting back stage passes?
Justin: Oh, well, for the most part, we usually give some meet-and-greet passes away to the local radio stations and that's how, you know, you usually get back stage, and they do radio contests and stuff. You never know, one day you'll see us walking down... like one instance, me and Joey were at the mall and this mother came up to us with her daughter and was like just dying to get back stage so we took 'em back stage and showed 'em what it's like to be back stage. We were doing a show in the city that day. So, I mean you never know. We do stuff like that and for the most part though, it's the local radio station who does meet-and-greet passes and stuff like that.
EA: Okay, so there's hope for everybody.
Justin: Yeah, of course.
Question: Does Justin have a girlfriend?
Justin: No, Justin does not have a girlfriend.
Question: Do you ever go online?
Justin: Uh, yeah. From time to time. I mean I don't... I'm catching onto the twentieth century and I'm gonna be getting an AOL account soon. But you know, I go on from time to time.
Question: Would you ever consider growing your hair long again?
Justin: Um, yeah, I've thought about it. I've thought about it. The only thing that's held me back is the fact that we dance so much on stage and that it would get in my way. I'd have to wear it like in a ponytail all the time on stage and I don't know how I feel about that.
Question: How did you celebrate your recent birthday?
Justin: Well my birthday's January 31st so I haven't done anything yet. I think we're gonna be in the U.K. for my birthday, but I don't have anything special planned. You know, I imagine I'll be working 'cause that's what we do. So, no, I don't have anything special planned.
EA: Okay, we'll send you some ice cream.
Justin: All right! We'll do that. Thanks.
Question: Do you have any special plans for Valentine's Day?
Justin: Not yet. Um, I don't have a significant someone to plan for Valentine's Day so I'll probably buy my mom some stuff for Valentine's Day. She'll be my Valentine.
EA: Ah, so chocolates and flowers?
Justin: Yeah, well, you know, I'll come up with something. I usually do different kinds of things. So, I don't know, who knows what I'll come up with.
EA: What would you say is the best gift you've given your mom for Valentine's Day?
Justin: I think she was really happy one time I got her a day at the spa. She was pretty happy with that one. She ate that one up.
EA: What is your best memory of a romantic Valentine's Day?
Justin: Well, one Valentine's Day I was dating this girl and we'd been together for about nine months, and what I did was I cooked dinner. I made fetuccini alfredo and I made these like oreo cookie brownies and I told her, she was like, well what are we gonna do for Valentine's Day and she didn't really think it was a big deal. So what happened was I told her, I'll just come over to your house and we'll just watch a movie or something. And she's like, all right, well just come over. She goes, you know, I'm gonna get cleaned up before you come over. I said okay, so just call me when you get cleaned up. But you know, she actually lived with her grandmother and I told her grandmother to call me when she actually you know started to get into the shower and I was gonna rush over 'cause she lived like fifteen minutes from me. Are you following me?
EA: Yeah.
Justin: All right. So, I rushed, I cooked the food up, you know, I prepared the food with a little help from chef mom
EA: Oh, that is so sweet. I can see that. That sounds like a movie.
Justin: I'm such a hopeless romantic.
Question: What would be your most romantic song? What would you play for your girlfriend?
Justin: Um, well, I don't know. I've never been too big on stuff like that. Like, we should have a song or something silly like that. If I was in love with somebody and wanted to play them a song that I thought... I'd probably write 'em a song, but if I wanted to play 'em a song that's already been written, you know, I could think of a million Stevie Wonder songs. There's this one song on Brian McKnight's first album called "Never Felt This Way" and it just, I don't know, it's the most direct way to say how you've never felt this way about someone before.
EA: And he does have a beautiful voice.
Justin: Oh yeah. And can serenade.
EA: Well, at the Billboard Awards on the red carpet, right after I talked to you guys, he came by and then he came back stage later and did a little a cappella for me and it's just amazing.
Justin: Yeah, he's got a beautiful, he's got a beautiful tone.
EA: Yeah, and perfect pitch.
Justin: Yeah, well we were hanging... I hung out with him some when we were doing the AMAs, so that was fun.
EA: Yeah, and a nice guy too. You know, all around package.
Justin: Yeah, he's very nice. Very nice. He's from... he actually went to school, high school in Orlando.
Question: Does anyone in the group have romances on tour?
Justin: It's tough for us, really. You know, like I said, we're really busy. So, I mean, from time to time we get to go out and date, but it's hard to make anything serious, because you can't get to know someone because you're so busy. But, you know, when you meet someone you can usually tell the vibe from that person. Like you know if things might be able to work or if they wouldn't. So from time to time we get to do the romance thing.
EA: Right. So it sounds like you believe in love at first sight.
Justin: Yeah, definitely. I mean, I believe in chemistry and I believe in, you know, that it's certain feelings that you immediately develop when you meet someone that you think you can make, you know, a companion.
EA: Yeah, you just know. You know.
Justin: Yeah, exactly. Like, you can't explain it any way except that when you know, you just know.
EA: Yeah, that's- when I met my husband-
Justin: You just knew.
EA: I just knew.
Justin: Exactly. Exactly.
EA: And people said, how did you know to say yes when he asked you. And I said, are you kidding, I was waiting for him to ask me.
Justin: You just knew.
EA: Yeah.
Justin: You just knew. And that's a beautiful thing. So congratulations.
EA: Well that's great that you know this young. I mean I hoped that was the case when I was young and that's what I believed from literature and I was right. But you know there were some years when I wondered, you know.
Justin: Right, right. Well everybody goes through that I think.
EA: Yeah, yeah. So, can I get you to say, just like a radio station... This is Justin Timberlake and you found Entertainment Asylum Music. Because we're the music site on AOL, as you know.
Justin: Hey, this is Justin Timberlake from 'N SYNC and you found Entertainment Asylum Music!
EA: You are such a pro. Do you have anything to say to your fans in parting?
Justin: Oh, just thank you for all the support. You gave us a great ninety-eight, so we'll hope to give you a great ninety-nine. And God bless!
EA: Great. Great. Justin that's wonderful. Thank you so much for taking time. I know how busy you are.
EA: And tell the rest of the guys we would LOVE to have you come back for a chat on AOL when you can. Because the last chat you did with us was just huge.
Justin: Cool!
EA: It was great and the fans just loved it.
Justin: Cool. I'd love to do it.
EA: Yeah, got a lot of fans here. Okay, thank you again.
Justin: All right. Bye.
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