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You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.

Shawn Mendes

I always think, what type of 11th grader would I be if I was still at school? Or if I was home all the time, would I be at the gym 24/7? Would I be as good at guitar? I know I wouldn’t be as mature as I am.
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Education Exercise Goodness Music Myself Study Thinking Wisdom
I want to graduate high school, so it’s very important to me, and I’ll be focusing hard on that as well.
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Education Focus Hard Important Myself
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
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 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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Act Myself People Remember Start Student Weird
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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Challenge Easy Feeling Hard Myself Song Time Writing
I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.
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Attitude Comfortable Feeling Myself
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 work out every day.
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Exercise Myself One Liner
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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Performance Play Present Stage 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 can’t believe how fast things have happened, and I’m just so honored that people are able to look to me as a leader.
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Believe Fast Honor Leadership Myself People Respect
I’m always wanting to spread as much positivity as possible, so I really try to keep that the case with my fans and with the campaigns that I do.
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Fans Myself Positive Possible
I don’t like age barriers. I don’t like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.
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Age Different Limitation Myself Old People Restriction Yourself
I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I’ve had for as long as I can remember.
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Animal Carry Myself Remember
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

You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.

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