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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

Being a sex symbol isn’t cool unless you’re in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.
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Girl Identity Love Sex
There’s a lot more to success than just singing.
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Sing Success
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
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 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
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
People made fun of my skinny legs.
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Appearance Body Funny People
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.
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Broken Heart Burn Choice Dance Dream Music Myself Room Song Time
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
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
When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
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Artist Fame Fun Joke Myself
Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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Learning Myself Song Writing
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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Artist Creation Love Music Myself Thinking
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 don’t like age barriers. I don’t like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.
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Age Different Limitation Myself Old People Restriction Yourself
I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.
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Dream Mindset Myself Thinking Work

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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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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