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

Shawn Mendes

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.
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Education Exercise Goodness Music Myself Study Thinking Wisdom
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.
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Decision Music Myself Play Sing Summer Thinking
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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Busy Creation Ideas Myself Place Road
Manuka honey is magic.
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Honey Magic
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.
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Act Myself People Remember Start Student Weird
I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships – ex-relationship, I should say.
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Myself People Relationship Song
My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
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Fun Joke Myself Social Media
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.
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Hard Work Life People Social Media Stars
I have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.
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Control Destruction Feeling Myself World
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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Excitement Force Inspirational Myself Quiet Work Hard
Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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Age Choice Music Myself People
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.
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Care Future People Talk
I really love listening to Hozier. He’s great.
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Greatness Himself Listening Love Myself
There’s a lot more to success than just singing.
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Sing Success
I’d say some of my earliest scent memories are from home – just things that were around my house, and my mom’s cooking.
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Cook Early Memories Mom Myself
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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Different Emotion Expression Myself Reality Song Writing

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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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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