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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.

Shawn Mendes

Every time I write a song my approach changes.
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Change Myself Song Time 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
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
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
As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.
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Act Myself Time
I work out every day.
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Exercise Myself One Liner
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’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
I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.
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Amazing Love Myself Place
Every time I write a song my approach changes.
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Change Myself Song Time Writing
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
You have to work the crowd.
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Control People Work Yourself
There is such a hype and a big build up to me, and it’s very hard to meet those expectations. That’s been a big stress in my life.
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Big Build Expectation Hard Life Myself
I’m kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.
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Kind Learning Myself Style Voice
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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Best Feeling Myself People Sing Thinking
I’m not a rapper.
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Identity Music Myself
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’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
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 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
There’s a lot more to success than just singing.
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Sing Success
You can’t get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.
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Change Comfortable World Yourself
As I’m growing, so is my music.
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Growth Music Myself
There’s nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.
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Alone Fear Myself Ocean Scare
People made fun of my skinny legs.
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Appearance Body Funny People
Definitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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Artist Fame Serious Young
I’ve always been really tall and lanky.
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Appearance Identity Myself

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 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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