I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
SHAWN MENDESI think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
SHAWN MENDESSo 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.
SHAWN MENDESI’m very, very amateur, which is funny because I’m not in the amateur leagues.
SHAWN MENDESI haven’t really found the right person. That sounds like an older person thing to say, but I’m too busy and – not in a bad way – don’t want to waste my time.
SHAWN MENDESI think it’s not about what you say; it’s about what you don’t say.
SHAWN MENDESJust 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.
SHAWN MENDESI’d say some of my earliest scent memories are from home – just things that were around my house, and my mom’s cooking.
SHAWN MENDESMercy,’ I love conceptually because I feel like you can either think about it as if it were a girl – which it sounds like it could be about a girl – but I like to picture it as ‘pleading for mercy for my career’ type of thing.
SHAWN MENDESI 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.
SHAWN MENDESI feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.
SHAWN MENDESNo 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.
SHAWN MENDESI 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.
SHAWN MENDESYou just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.
SHAWN MENDESYou can’t get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.
SHAWN MENDESI have a song called ‘I Don’t Even Know Your Name’ which I think is going to be well liked across the board.
SHAWN MENDESI really like brunettes.
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