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You have to be careful not to make music something you don't want to do. Which happens. I've gotten off the road and been like, 'I hate it. I hate singing, I hate playing guitar.' Six days later, I'm in my bedroom singing at the top of my lungs because I love it so much.
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As I'm growing, so is my music.
Shawn Mendes
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I always think, what type of 11th grader would I be if I was still at school? Or if I was home all the time, would I be at the gym 24/7? Would I be as good at guitar? I know I wouldn't be as mature as I am.
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I really love listening to Hozier. He's great.
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I think when I do things outside of music, I am always thinking of different things that are eventually one way or another going to come back to my music. I have to make sure it is all cohesive, as that's important to me as an artist and a person.
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There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.
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I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.
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I was super-obsessed with cover videos. When I was, like, 10, I would come home from school and watch them from 4 o'clock until 8 o'clock every night. I was so intrigued that people took these super-popular songs and did them their own way.
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Love is probably the strongest emotion that you can feel. It's very natural - and I wouldn't want to say easy - but natural and comfortable to write about, and there's so many different forms of it, millions of layers - you could write forever about it.
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I have a song called 'I Don't Even Know Your Name' which I think is going to be well liked across the board.
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So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I've written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.
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Island Records was the first record label to... acknowledge me. After that, quickly, Republic Records, and then Atlantic Records, Sony Records and Warner Bros. It was all the labels at once. It was absolutely insane, like, knowing that this many record labels were interested in me.
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I believe vitamin C can fix everything.
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John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music.
Shawn Mendes
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I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more. It's a promise I made to myself. I think it's important.
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Every time I write a song my approach changes.
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I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.
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It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.
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My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
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My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
Shawn Mendes
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I want to graduate high school, so it's very important to me, and I'll be focusing hard on that as well.
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I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.
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From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.
Shawn Mendes -
I don't really look into the past too much.
Shawn Mendes