Shawn Mendes Quotes
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Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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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'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.
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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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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.
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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'd love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder.
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I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable.
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'Mercy,' I love conceptually because I feel like you can either think about it as if it were a girl - which it sounds like it could be about a girl - but I like to picture it as 'pleading for mercy for my career' type of thing.
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I don't really look into the past too much.
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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 have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should 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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Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.
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No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you're present on stage, it's going to feel like a theater.
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From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on 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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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 like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
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I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.
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I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways.
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Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.
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I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.