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" Did people care about how a singer sounded live back in the day? I don't really feel like they did. Not everything was being filmed. Today, one huge mess-up, and millions are seeing it. There's a lot more on the line nowadays. We're so cautious and scared of messing up. It adds a lot of stress to a career. "

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Shawn Mendes

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" I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember. "

" I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care. "

" From 15 to 18, everybody is a different person. Every six months, I have a whole new outlook on life. "

" To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash. "

" I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard. "

" I don't want to get on stage and just be another act. "

" I don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are. "

" I've watched pretty much every Ed Sheeran video on You Tube that is possible to watch. "

" I've always been really tall and lanky. "

" If I don't have cereal on the bus, I'm going to be really upset. "

" 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. "

" First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't. "

" Honestly, the more things start to get bigger and better, the more I am just inspired to work harder and put my music out there and make better music and keep everything going. "

Shawn Mendes

Music

Start

" As I'm growing, so is my music. "

Shawn Mendes

Growing

Music

" I think if you're creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice. "

" I was super-obsessed with cover videos. When I was, like, 10, I would come home from school and watch them from 4 o'clock until 8 o'clock every night. I was so intrigued that people took these super-popular songs and did them their own way. "

" Someone was like, 'If you wanna be a celebrity, know that every girl you talk to is going to be your girlfriend.' And I was like, 'Fine. I accept that for getting to do what I love for the rest of my life.' "

" You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want. "

" Island Records was the first record label to... acknowledge me. After that, quickly, Republic Records, and then Atlantic Records, Sony Records and Warner Bros. It was all the labels at once. It was absolutely insane, like, knowing that this many record labels were interested in me. "

Shawn Mendes

Knowing

Republic

" I'm not a rapper. "

Shawn Mendes

Rapper

" Manuka honey is magic. "

Shawn Mendes

Honey

Magic

" 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. "

" I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance. "

" There's so much negativity on social media, I don't want to add to that. "

" I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous. "

" Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously. "

" You have to be careful not to make music something you don't want to do. Which happens. I've gotten off the road and been like, 'I hate it. I hate singing, I hate playing guitar.' Six days later, I'm in my bedroom singing at the top of my lungs because I love it so much. "

" I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great. "

" 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. "