Mercy,’ 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.
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More Shawn Mendes Quotes
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I have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.
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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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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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I come up with more ideas when I’m on the road, but I don’t get to finish them. I don’t get to fully flush them out because I’m so busy on the road. I’m very all over the place, but I’m definitely most creative when I’m out here.
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I’m a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.
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I 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.
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I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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I’m not the best singer in the world; I’m just good at picking up what I want to sound like.
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The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason.
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I’ve never had a scandal, but I don’t know if that’s so much because I’m perfect, or because people aren’t caring enough yet. Give it some time. I’ll probably be very upset, but it’s a part of the gig.
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I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships – ex-relationship, I should say.
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I’m all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.
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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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I give big ups to people who are very big on social media, whether they’re doing vlogs or whatever. It takes a lot of effort.
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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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