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Definitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.

Shawn Mendes

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 think the world is becoming a place where younger and younger people can do great things, and I just hope I can inspire other young people to do the same.
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Greatness Hope Inspirational Myself People Thinking World Young
I picture myself now, and I picture myself in 30 years, and I’ll probably be the same. I’ll still think I’m not the greatest singer I can be.
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Future Greatness Myself Photograph Sing
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
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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Effort Myself People Social Media
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
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
I’d say some of my earliest scent memories are from home – just things that were around my house, and my mom’s cooking.
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Cook Early Memories Mom Myself
I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.
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Attitude Comfortable Feeling Myself
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
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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As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.
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Act Myself Time
You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.
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Beginning Cool Play Yourself
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 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 like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
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Dance Myself Woman

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