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Shawn Mendes

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
If I don’t have cereal on the bus, I’m going to be really upset.
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Food Myself Upset
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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Big Build Expectation Hard Life Myself
You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it’s timeless. That’s what I want.
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Music Myself People Time Yourself
I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
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Dance Myself Woman
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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Challenge Easy Feeling Learning Love Myself Song Way 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
Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.
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Learning Myself Song Writing
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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Hard Work Life People Social Media Stars
I’d rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.
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Better Myself Sleep Travel Way
First of all, I’m not gay. Second of all, it shouldn’t make a difference if I was or if I wasn’t.
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Difference Identity Myself
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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Change Growth Love Myself Quick Song
I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.
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Dream Mindset Myself Thinking Work
I’m still a little certain I’m a wizard.
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Funny Magic Myself
I don’t really look into the past too much.
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Myself Past
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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Bad Myself Person Right Sound Wasted Time Way
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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Busy Creation Ideas Myself Place Road
I don’t really like to say, ‘This is where I’ll be in five years,’ because I truly have no idea.
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Dream Future Ideas Myself
I believe vitamin C can fix everything.
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Believe Myself
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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Future Greatness Myself Photograph Sing
I have a song called ‘I Don’t Even Know Your Name’ which I think is going to be well liked across the board.
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Board Myself Name Song Thinking Yourself
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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Career Feeling Love Myself Photograph Thinking
I love acting. I would really love to act.
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Act Love Myself
There’s so much negativity on social media, I don’t want to add to that.
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Myself Negative Social Media
Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.
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Excitement Force Inspirational Myself Quiet Work Hard
I think my all time favourite song would be between ‘Slow Dancing in a Burning Room’ and ‘Dreaming with a Broken Heart’ by John Mayer.
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Broken Heart Burn Choice Dance Dream Music Myself Room Song Time
I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.
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Myself Obsession Sing Start

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