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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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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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'm not a rapper.
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My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
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I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.
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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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There's a lot more to success than just singing.
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Honestly, the more things start to get bigger and better, the more I am just inspired to work harder and put my music out there and make better music and keep everything going.
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I come up with more ideas when I'm on the road, but I don't get to finish them. I don't get to fully flush them out because I'm so busy on the road. I'm very all over the place, but I'm definitely most creative when I'm out here.
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It's extremely important just to keep things positive and happy as much as we can... I think it's important that singers, actors, or whatever use our voice to spread positive messages as much as we possibly can.
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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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Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.
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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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Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.
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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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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'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.
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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 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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I'm always wanting to spread as much positivity as possible, so I really try to keep that the case with my fans and with the campaigns that I do.
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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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There are tons of women's perfumes that I've smelt and been like, 'I love that. I would totally wear that,' and lots of women smell a lot of men's cologne and think the same thing about that. I think there should be no reason to put gender on it.