I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
SHAWN MENDESYou look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it’s timeless. That’s what I want.
More Shawn Mendes Quotes
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To be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.
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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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There’s nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.
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I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It’s just as hard; it doesn’t get easier, but that’s why I love it: because it’s a challenge every time. I also feel like I’m learning new ways.
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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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I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.
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I really like brunettes.
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I’m just growing so quickly, so my songs are quickly changing on me. But it’s fine. I love them for what they are and what they were, to me.
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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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Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.
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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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No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you’re present on stage, it’s going to feel like a theater.
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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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I’m proud to say I’m a role model for kids.
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Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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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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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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You have to work the crowd.
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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’ve always been really tall and lanky.
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People made fun of my skinny legs.
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From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life.
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I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships – ex-relationship, I should say.
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I’d say the best scents are ones that don’t overtake a room. I love things that remind me of the outdoors and home.
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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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I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
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