Top 151 Quotes & Sayings by Shawn Mendes - Page 3

I think, as a musician and person, Justin Timberlake is someone I've always looked up to.

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

I like to think of 'Illuminate' as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience.

From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.

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.

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.

I can see why people change. You get complimented all the time, driven around in a black SUV - your life is crazy. But that's your career, not you.

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

It was incredible being on tour with Taylor Swift: she was the epitome of a professional, and she works so hard. For someone as successful as her to work that hard every night - truly inspirational.

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.

I'm tortured because I care.

I'm 100 per cent involved in everything that happens with my name, and I think if you're not, then there's something wrong.

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

When I first started playing guitar, so many people told me I couldn't do this or couldn't do that. But I kept at it and ignored that.

I think when I do things outside of music, I am always thinking of different things that are eventually one way or another going to come back to my music. I have to make sure it is all cohesive, as that's important to me as an artist and a person.

The focus should be on the music and not my sexuality.

It takes a certain type of rapper for me to really get into the album.

'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.

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

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.

As I'm growing, so is my music.

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.

I really think the best fragrances are ones you can wear every day.

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.

I'm permanent you can't erase me

True friends are never forgotten, they live within our hearts and souls.... forever , and always , dancing on our stage of memories.

Sometimes it all gets a little too much, but you gotta realize that soon the fog will clear up.

You don't have to be afraid because we're all the same

You tell me you were happier with him, but you want me to stay.

Live like your always trying to impress someone

Maybe I’m just a kid in love.