Shawn Mendes Quotes

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
People made fun of my skinny legs.
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Appearance Body Funny People
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
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 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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Believe Fast Honor Leadership Myself People Respect
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.’
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Acceptance Celebrity Life Love Talk Yourself
I really like brunettes.
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Appearance Choice Myself Woman
I’d rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.
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Better Myself Sleep Travel Way
I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.
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Myself Obsession Sing Start
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.
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Excitement Hard Inspirational Myself Positive Success 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.
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Friendship Fun Myself Play Talk Try
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.
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Children Fun Internet Myself Oneself Work
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
From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.
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Age Different Growth Life Person Transformation
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
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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Choice Different Fall In Love Heart Broken Love Perspective Way Writing
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’ve always been really tall and lanky.
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Appearance Identity Myself
I’m very, very amateur, which is funny because I’m not in the amateur leagues.
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Amateur Competition Funny Myself
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
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
There’s so much negativity on social media, I don’t want to add to that.
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Myself Negative Social Media
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 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.
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Challenge Easy Feeling Learning Love Myself Song Way 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
To be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.
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Concert Honesty Music Oneself
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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Hard Work Herself Myself Night Professional

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