Shawn Mendes Quotes
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Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there's so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you'd know, like, that this is the biggest city.
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My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
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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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During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
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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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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'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.
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I work out every day.
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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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I don't really look into the past too much.
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Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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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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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.
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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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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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I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.
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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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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 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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There's a lot more to success than just singing.
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People say to me, 'What are you going to be doing in five years?' The thing is, I don't care! It's what I'm doing today that matters.