Shawn Mendes Quotes
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I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.
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During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
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I can see why people change. You get complimented all the time, driven around in a black SUV - your life is crazy. But that's your career, not you.
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There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve.
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When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
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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 don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.
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I'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.
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I would type in things like, 'How to play beginner songs on guitar,' and one of the first I learnt was 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train. I taught myself these chords I didn't know the name of and slowly started to get the hang. I was obsessed with it.
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I work out every day.
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No matter what, I'm trying to have fun and, depending on the mood, fun can be on a roller coaster and playing onstage, or fun can be sitting in a room with three of your best friends talking for two hours.
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I like to think of 'Illuminate' as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience.
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There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it's very hard to meet those expectations. That's been a big stress in my life.
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I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.
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When I first started playing guitar, so many people told me I couldn't do this or couldn't do that. But I kept at it and ignored that.
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I can't believe how fast things have happened, and I'm just so honored that people are able to look to me as a leader.
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I give big ups to people who are very big on social media, whether they're doing vlogs or whatever. It takes a lot of effort.
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Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.
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I don't really look into the past too much.
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Someone was like, 'If you wanna be a celebrity, know that every girl you talk to is going to be your girlfriend.' And I was like, 'Fine. I accept that for getting to do what I love for the rest of my life.'
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At 13, I loved how so many of my peers sang and played acoustic guitar, so I started recording videos with covers of famous songs and posting them online.
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Sometimes when the song is right for that time period, it's just kinda bad to let it wait, and then when you do release it eight months down the road, it's not the same.
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Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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I'm writing all the time, really. It's become a little bit of a problem when I go home. Sometimes I should really go out and hang out with my friends, but what happens is I get really inspired and then just go and mess around on the computer.