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" 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. "

Shawn Mendes

Ideas

Over

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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. "

" The people who are No. 1 are No. 1 for a reason. "

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

" When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist. "

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

" I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should say. "

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

" There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve. "

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Always

Achieve

" I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world. "

" I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style. "

" I believe vitamin C can fix everything. "

" During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart. "

" 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. "

" I like funny girls. "

Shawn Mendes

Funny

" 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. "

" I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with. "

" At 13, I loved how so many of my peers sang and played acoustic guitar, so I started recording videos with covers of famous songs and posting them online. "

" It's extremely important just to keep things positive and happy as much as we can... I think it's important that singers, actors, or whatever use our voice to spread positive messages as much as we possibly can. "

" John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music. "

" 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. "

" 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 just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they're super-relatable. "

" I'd love to work with Bruno Mars and Ryan Tedder. "