I 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 MENDESI 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.
More Shawn Mendes Quotes
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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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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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My first Vine I really just posted out of spontaneity.
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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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When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
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Sometimes when the song is right for that time period, it’s just kinda bad to let it wait, and then when you do release it eight months down the road, it’s not the same.
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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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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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You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.
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I’m always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.
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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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Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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I think if you’re creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice.
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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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Definitely, it’s hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
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