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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. "

Shawn Mendes

You

Today

People

" 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

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

" I feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude. "

" You can't get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

Stress

My Life

" 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. "

" There are times when I'm super-overwhelmed, and everything feels like it's hitting me in the face at once, but I think what's keeping me calm, and who I am by staying true to myself, is my whole family being so supportive and keeping me grounded. They treat me the exact same way they treated me years and years ago. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Singing kind of came out of nowhere. "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" 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.' "

" I'll never feel like I've made it. "

Shawn Mendes

Feel

Made

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

" No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you're present on stage, it's going to feel like a theater. "

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

" I promise you, if you look at YouTube and see some of my first covers, you will hear that I don't sound good. But I was so obsessed with it and wanted so much to be good at it that I forced myself to figure out what sounds right and what sounds wrong. "

" I give big ups to people who are very big on social media, whether they're doing vlogs or whatever. It takes a lot of effort. "

" 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. "

Shawn Mendes

Always

Achieve

" '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. "

" My mom says I'm not allowed to move out, but I'm allowed. I said I have to FaceTime her every night to make dinner with her because I won't be able to do it myself. So she said she'll accept it if I do that. "

Shawn Mendes

She

Myself

" I 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. "

" I used to write stories. Handwriting stories in school were a big deal for me. That's kind of what I did. "