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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

The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason.
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Inspirational People Reason Success
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
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
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
My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
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Fun Joke Myself Social Media
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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Actor Bad Career Dream Myself Remember
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
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.
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Care Goodness Myself Thinking Upset
You can’t get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.
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Change Comfortable World Yourself
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.
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Family Food Mom Myself Night Phone
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.
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Feeling Life Myself Parents Wrong
I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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Emotion Greatness Myself Song Thinking
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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Music Myself People Time Yourself
I’m all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.
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Choice Food Greatness Myself Place
I think it’s not about what you say; it’s about what you don’t say.
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Deep Myself Thinking Yourself
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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Change Growth Love Myself Quick Song
Every time I write a song my approach changes.
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Change Myself Song Time Writing
There’s a lot more to success than just singing.
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Sing Success
My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
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Advice Dream Inspirational Myself Pursue Stop
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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Education Focus Hard Important Myself
First of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or if I wasn’t.
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Difference Identity Myself
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
I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.
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Amazing Love Myself Place
If I don’t have cereal on the bus, I’m going to be really upset.
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Food Myself Upset
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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Age Company Life Myself Writing
Manuka honey is magic.
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Honey Magic
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.
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Best Home Love Myself Nature

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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