Shawn Mendes Quotes

You can't get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.

- Shawn Mendes

World, Overnight, Too, Relax

I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Great Place, Place

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Some, Upset, Very, Gig

You just have to play it cool. You don't want everyone to know you're an amateur.

- Shawn Mendes

Cool, Play, Everyone, Amateur

I'm very, very amateur, which is funny because I'm not in the amateur leagues.

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Very, Which, Leagues, Amateur

My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.

- Shawn Mendes

Vine, Just, First, Posted

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Voice, Think, Singers, Messages

I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.

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Love, Think, Best Way, Little Town

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Next, Always, Sold, Arenas

It takes a certain type of rapper for me to really get into the album.

- Shawn Mendes

Me, Album, Get, Rapper

I'm not a rapper.

- Shawn Mendes

Rapper

Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he's changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style.

- Shawn Mendes

Chance, New, Rap, Rapper

I was super-obsessed with cover videos. When I was, like, 10, I would come home from school and watch them from 4 o'clock until 8 o'clock every night. I was so intrigued that people took these super-popular songs and did them their own way.

- Shawn Mendes

Own, Videos, Cover, Intrigued

Island Records was the first record label to... acknowledge me. After that, quickly, Republic Records, and then Atlantic Records, Sony Records and Warner Bros. It was all the labels at once. It was absolutely insane, like, knowing that this many record labels were interested in me.

- Shawn Mendes

Records, Republic, Quickly, Sony

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Reason, Been, Tons

I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That's kind of what I did.

- Shawn Mendes

Big, Deal, Stories, Handwriting

My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.

- Shawn Mendes

Never, Stop, Pursuing, Never Stop

A lot of people who are 'social media' stars aren't considered to be 'real' stars, and people underestimate the amount of work it takes to edit and upload a video every single day and document your life like that.

- Shawn Mendes

Media, Considered, Document, Every Single Day

If I don't have cereal on the bus, I'm going to be really upset.

- Shawn Mendes

Bus, Upset, Going, Cereal

You have to be careful not to make music something you don't want to do. Which happens. I've gotten off the road and been like, 'I hate it. I hate singing, I hate playing guitar.' Six days later, I'm in my bedroom singing at the top of my lungs because I love it so much.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Been, Gotten, Lungs

The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing.

- Shawn Mendes

Doing, Year, Very, Drills

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Soul, Play, Hang, Train

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Song, Wait, Period, Down The Road

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.

- Shawn Mendes

City, Big, Away, Runs

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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Play, Like, Going, Stadium

First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't.

- Shawn Mendes

Difference, Second, Make A Difference

I'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.

- Shawn Mendes

Sleep, Bus, Better, Buses

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Feels, I Write, Every Time

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

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Changes, Song, I Write, Every Time

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Feels, I Write, Every Time

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Have Fun, Mood, Hours, Roller

I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.

- Shawn Mendes

Will, Might, Very, Spontaneous

Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.

- Shawn Mendes

Want, Go, Like, Justin

I think, as a musician and person, Justin Timberlake is someone I've always looked up to.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Always, I Think, Justin

From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.

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Me, Been, Huge, Justin

It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.

- Shawn Mendes

Soul, Away, Dad, Wow

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Here, Out, Very, Fully

There's so much negativity on social media, I don't want to add to that.

- Shawn Mendes

Want, Social, Add, Social Media

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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Big, Give, Very, Social Media

Love is probably the strongest emotion that you can feel. It's very natural - and I wouldn't want to say easy - but natural and comfortable to write about, and there's so many different forms of it, millions of layers - you could write forever about it.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Very, About, Forms

I think the world is becoming a place where younger and younger people can do great things, and I just hope I can inspire other young people to do the same.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Other, I Think, Younger People

I'd say the best scents are ones that don't overtake a room. I love things that remind me of the outdoors and home.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Best, Say, Outdoors

I have a song called 'I Don't Even Know Your Name' which I think is going to be well liked across the board.

- Shawn Mendes

Song, Think, Which, Board

Did people care about how a singer sounded live back in the day? I don't really feel like they did. Not everything was being filmed. Today, one huge mess-up, and millions are seeing it. There's a lot more on the line nowadays. We're so cautious and scared of messing up. It adds a lot of stress to a career.

- Shawn Mendes

Career, Singer, Messing, Scared

I feel pressure because I feel like I have a lot of parents in my life; I have a lot of people who are scared that I'm going to do something wrong.

- Shawn Mendes

My Life, Like, Going, Scared

I think when I do things outside of music, I am always thinking of different things that are eventually one way or another going to come back to my music. I have to make sure it is all cohesive, as that's important to me as an artist and a person.

- Shawn Mendes

Artist, I Think, Another, Different Things

'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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Love, Career, About, Mercy

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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Best, Think, Fact, Feelings

During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.

- Shawn Mendes

People, Back, Quick, Rip

I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing and playing guitar out of tune.

- Shawn Mendes

Singing, Think, I Think, Bored

There are times when I'm super-overwhelmed, and everything feels like it's hitting me in the face at once, but I think what's keeping me calm, and who I am by staying true to myself, is my whole family being so supportive and keeping me grounded. They treat me the exact same way they treated me years and years ago.

- Shawn Mendes

Treat, Supportive, Feels, Exact

Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.

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New, Never, New Music, Never Stop

I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember.

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Had, Which, Named, Leo

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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Possible, Always, Wanting, Case

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Change, Black, Career, People Change

I believe vitamin C can fix everything.

- Shawn Mendes

Believe, Everything, Fix, I Believe

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.

- Shawn Mendes

My Life, Big, Very, Hype

You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.

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Want, Like, Still, Timeless

My mom says I'm not allowed to move out, but I'm allowed. I said I have to FaceTime her every night to make dinner with her because I won't be able to do it myself. So she said she'll accept it if I do that.

- Shawn Mendes

Night, Move, Allowed, Every Night

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Epitome, Taylor, Works, Every Night

I want to graduate high school, so it's very important to me, and I'll be focusing hard on that as well.

- Shawn Mendes

Want, Very, Focusing, Graduate

I think my all time favourite song would be between 'Slow Dancing in a Burning Room' and 'Dreaming with a Broken Heart' by John Mayer.

- Shawn Mendes

Broken, Song, Dreaming, Between

From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.

- Shawn Mendes

New, Everybody, Six, Outlook

To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.

- Shawn Mendes

Honest, Only, Been, Aerosmith

I love Milan, and I'm not just saying that. It's a city that gives me a great sense of euphoria. I can't explain why, but I feel a special energy there.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Explain, Great Sense, Energy

I'd say some of my earliest scent memories are from home - just things that were around my house, and my mom's cooking.

- Shawn Mendes

Mom, Say, Some, Scent

I've always been really tall and lanky.

- Shawn Mendes

Always, Been, Really, Tall

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

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Bad, Like, Took, Disney

I'm 100 per cent involved in everything that happens with my name, and I think if you're not, then there's something wrong.

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Think, I Think, Cent, Per

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

- Shawn Mendes

Own, My Own, Wrote, None

I've watched pretty much every Ed Sheeran video on You Tube that is possible to watch.

- Shawn Mendes

Possible, Pretty, Video, None

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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Famous, Acoustic Guitar, Posting

I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Always, Upset, I Care

I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Always, Upset, I Care

I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you're doing, it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time.

- Shawn Mendes

Doing, Big, Happen, Big Time

I'm tortured because I care.

- Shawn Mendes

Care, Because, Tortured, I Care

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Ignored, Started, Many, So Many People

It's amazing having so many people care so much about what I'm doing.

- Shawn Mendes

Amazing, Doing, Having, So Many People

I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.

- Shawn Mendes

Like, Getting, Were, Talented

I don't want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by parents, and I want them to go, 'Oh I love that song; he's really good for his age. My daughter loves him, but I love him, too.'

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Good, Teenage, Parents

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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Excited, More, Going, Harder

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.

- Shawn Mendes

More, Going, Honestly, Harder

People made fun of my skinny legs.

- Shawn Mendes

Legs, Made, Skinny, Fun

John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music.

- Shawn Mendes

Music, Believe, Ultimate, I Believe In

I was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It's not work. It's just fun.

- Shawn Mendes

Work, YouTube, Always, Fun

I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like.

- Shawn Mendes

World, Singer, Like, Picking

I don't really like to say, 'This is where I'll be in five years,' because I truly have no idea.

- Shawn Mendes

Say, Like, Idea, Five

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Doing, Say, Going, Five

I'm all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.

- Shawn Mendes

Banana, Over, Chip, Carrots

I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard.

- Shawn Mendes

Little, Still, Certain, Wizard

I like to think of 'Illuminate' as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Like, Previous, Version

I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.

- Shawn Mendes

Famous, Fragrance, Anyone, Wore

Being a sex symbol isn't cool unless you're in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, She, Symbol, Calls

When you go on tour, you get so pumped up to make more music, learn more about yourself, and grow more musically. It always happens.

- Shawn Mendes

Grow, Always, Pumped, Tour

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.

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Bad, Waste, Bad Way, Older

I promise you, if you look at YouTube and see some of my first covers, you will hear that I don't sound good. But I was so obsessed with it and wanted so much to be good at it that I forced myself to figure out what sounds right and what sounds wrong.

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YouTube, Some, Forced, Covers

Manuka honey is magic.

- Shawn Mendes

Magic, Honey

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Falling, Heartbreak, So Many Different Ways

I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.

- Shawn Mendes

Loved, Nashville, Whole, Amazed

I was an average student. I wasn't any standout. I remember when people started to know who I was and the label offers, people started to get a little weird and be weird around me.

- Shawn Mendes

I Remember, Average, Offers, Label

I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.

- Shawn Mendes

Song, Think, I Think, Raw

I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.

- Shawn Mendes

Loved, Stage, Having, Spotlight

I work out every day.

- Shawn Mendes

Work, Every Day, Every, Work Out

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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Sometimes, Mess, Hang, Happens

So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I've written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.

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Very, About, Different Ways, Happened

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.

- Shawn Mendes

Leader, People, Believe, Happened

As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.

- Shawn Mendes

Dig, Some, Get, Wanna

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.'

- Shawn Mendes

Love, My Life, Celebrity, Wanna

I always think, what type of 11th grader would I be if I was still at school? Or if I was home all the time, would I be at the gym 24/7? Would I be as good at guitar? I know I wouldn't be as mature as I am.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Always, Still, Guitar

I'm proud to say I'm a role model for kids.

- Shawn Mendes

Proud, Role Model, Role, Model

When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.

- Shawn Mendes

Doing, Artist, Wanting, Vine

I picture myself now, and I picture myself in 30 years, and I'll probably be the same. I'll still think I'm not the greatest singer I can be.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, Singer, Still, Picture

I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.

- Shawn Mendes

Dancers, Like, Thing, Dance

There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.

- Shawn Mendes

Ocean, More, Like, Scares

I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.

- Shawn Mendes

Comfortable, Tone, Very, Humour

I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should say.

- Shawn Mendes

Growing, Songs, About, Growing Up

Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.

- Shawn Mendes

Artist, Young, Definitely, Taken

I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.

- Shawn Mendes

World, Feel, About, Collapse

I love acting. I would really love to act.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Act, I Love, Acting

What I love about my fragrance Signature is that it's subtle and great to wear for any person at any time.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Wear, About, Signature

I'm just growing so quickly, so my songs are quickly changing on me. But it's fine. I love them for what they are and what they were, to me.

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Love, Quickly, Them, Songs

I'm not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable.

- Shawn Mendes

My Life, Everyone Else, Songs

I don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.

- Shawn Mendes

Treat, Old, Like, Barriers

Ryan Tedder is just a beast.

- Shawn Mendes

Just, Ryan, Beast

I'd love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Work, Mars, Ryan

I don't really look into the past too much.

- Shawn Mendes

Past, Look, Too, Too Much

I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.

- Shawn Mendes

Singing, YouTube, Became, Obsessed

I think if you're creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice.

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Love, Song, Think, Creating

I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.

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Voice, Kind, Still, Style

You have to work the crowd.

- Shawn Mendes

Work, You, Crowd

There's a lot more to success than just singing.

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Success, More, Lot, Singing

Singing kind of came out of nowhere.

- Shawn Mendes

Kind, Nowhere, Came, Singing

The focus should be on the music and not my sexuality.

- Shawn Mendes

Music, Focus, Should, Sexuality

I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more. It's a promise I made to myself. I think it's important.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, I Think, Read, Promise

I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.

- Shawn Mendes

Mind, Think, I Think, Anything

I really love listening to Hozier. He's great.

- Shawn Mendes

Love, Great, He, Listening

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

- Shawn Mendes

Think, I Think, About, Say

I don't want to get on stage and just be another act.

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Want, Stage, Act, Just Be

The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason.

- Shawn Mendes

People, Who, Reason

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