Shawn Mendes Quotes
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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 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 don't really look into the past too much.
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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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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 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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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 work out every day.
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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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It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night - truly inspirational.
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I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.
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I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should say.
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I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.
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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've never had a scandal, but I don't know if that's so much because I'm perfect, or because people aren't caring enough yet. Give it some time. I'll probably be very upset, but it's a part of the gig.
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With love, there are so many layers to it that you can write all day about it. It's not just heartbreak or falling in love; there's so many different ways to look at it.
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If I don't have cereal on the bus, I'm going to be really upset.
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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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I'd love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder.
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Ryan Tedder is just a beast.
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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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'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 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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I haven't really found the right person. That sounds like an older person thing to say, but I'm too busy and - not in a bad way - don't want to waste my time.