First of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or if I wasn’t.
SHAWN MENDESFirst of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or if I wasn’t.
SHAWN MENDESIt’s amazing having so many people care so much about what I’m doing.
SHAWN MENDESI don’t want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by parents, and I want them to go, ‘Oh I love that song; he’s really good for his age. My daughter loves him, but I love him, too.’
SHAWN MENDESDefinitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
SHAWN MENDESI 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.
SHAWN MENDESI 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.
SHAWN MENDESI’d say some of my earliest scent memories are from home – just things that were around my house, and my mom’s cooking.
SHAWN MENDESI 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.
SHAWN MENDESI don’t really look into the past too much.
SHAWN MENDESAbsolutely, I never stop working on new music.
SHAWN MENDESMercy,’ 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 MENDESTo be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.
SHAWN MENDESI don’t like age barriers. I don’t like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.
SHAWN MENDESAs soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.
SHAWN MENDESYou just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.
SHAWN MENDESNo 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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