Shawn Mendes

“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.”

“You have to work the crowd.”

“I loved entertainment and acting, performing. I just liked the stage and having the spotlight and stuff.”

“Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.”

“There's nothing that scares me more than, like, being in the ocean by myself.”

“I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more. It's a promise I made to myself. I think it's important.”

“When you go on tour, you get so pumped up to make more music, learn more about yourself, and grow more musically. It always happens.”

“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 funny girls.”

“I felt like there were so many talented people who should be getting what I have.”

“The first year I started hockey, I didn't know how to skate, so I got on the ice with all of the hockey players, and we were doing drills where we had to go backwards in figure eights. And I could not skate, and I just kept falling on my butt, and it was very embarrassing.”

“I would type in things like, 'How to play beginner songs on guitar,' and one of the first I learnt was 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train. I taught myself these chords I didn't know the name of and slowly started to get the hang. I was obsessed with it.”

“I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like.”

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

“I feel pressure because I feel like I have a lot of parents in my life; I have a lot of people who are scared that I'm going to do something wrong.”

“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.”

“I like dancers. I have a thing for girls who dance.”

“I'm proud to say I'm a role model for kids.”

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

“I'm tortured because I care.”