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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 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 think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.
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Emotion Greatness Myself Song Thinking
Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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Learning Myself Song Writing
I’m kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.
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Kind Learning Myself Style Voice
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
With love, there are so many layers to it that you can write all day about it. It’s not just heartbreak or falling in love; there’s so many different ways to look at it.
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Choice Different Fall In Love Heart Broken Love Perspective Way Writing
I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.
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Feeling Myself People Talent
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’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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Age Company Life Myself Writing
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’m still a little certain I’m a wizard.
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Funny Magic Myself
No matter what, I’m trying to have fun and, depending on the mood, fun can be on a roller coaster and playing onstage, or fun can be sitting in a room with three of your best friends talking for two hours.
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Friendship Fun Myself Play Talk Try
The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason.
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Inspirational People Reason Success
I’m not a rapper.
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Identity Music Myself
To be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.
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Concert Honesty Music Oneself

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

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