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.
SHAWN MENDESMy advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
More Shawn Mendes Quotes
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Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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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.
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I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.
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Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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I really love listening to Hozier. He’s great.
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I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.
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I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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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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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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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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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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Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.
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I’m still a little certain I’m a wizard.
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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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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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