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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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.
More Shawn Mendes Quotes
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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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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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Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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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.’
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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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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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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’m not a rapper.
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Definitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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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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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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I’d love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder.
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You have to work the crowd.
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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 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.
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