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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.

Shawn Mendes

Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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Age Choice Music Myself People
I’m all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.
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Choice Food Greatness Myself Place
I’m always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.
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Care Goodness Myself Thinking Upset
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 started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.
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Myself Obsession Sing Start
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
People say to me, ‘What are you going to be doing in five years?’ The thing is, I don’t care! It’s what I’m doing today that matters.
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Care Future People Talk
I’m not the best singer in the world; I’m just good at picking up what I want to sound like.
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Goodness Myself Pick Sound World
I’ve never had a scandal, but I don’t know if that’s so much because I’m perfect, or because people aren’t caring enough yet. Give it some time. I’ll probably be very upset, but it’s a part of the gig.
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Care Drama Myself People Perfection Time Upset
You can’t get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.
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Change Comfortable World Yourself
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 have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.
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Control Destruction Feeling Myself World
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
Every time I write a song my approach changes.
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Change Myself Song Time Writing
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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Excitement Hard Inspirational Myself Positive Success Time
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
It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night – truly inspirational.
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Hard Work Herself Myself Night Professional
I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships – ex-relationship, I should say.
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Myself People Relationship Song
I believe vitamin C can fix everything.
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Believe Myself
I’m not a rapper.
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Identity Music Myself
I loved Nashville. I was amazed by the whole place.
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Amazing Love Myself Place
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
I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.
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Dance Myself Woman
As I’m growing, so is my music.
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Growth Music 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’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
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

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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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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