Quotes from Shawn Mendes

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

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

Ryan Tedder is just a beast.

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.

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

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.

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.'

As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.

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

I wanted to be an actor, like, so, so bad. I took acting classes, I auditioned for Disney, and then I realized how nervous I got with remembering lines.

I'm always wanting to spread as much positivity as possible, so I really try to keep that the case with my fans and with the campaigns that I do.

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

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.

I work so hard to make that sure I'm successful. If you're positive and really excited and enthusiastic about what you're doing, it's going to happen, and it's going to happen big time.

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

I have a thing where if I'm not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.

What I love about my fragrance Signature is that it's subtle and great to wear for any person at any time.

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

There are tons of women's perfumes that I've smelt and been like, 'I love that. I would totally wear that,' and lots of women smell a lot of men's cologne and think the same thing about that. I think there should be no reason to put gender on it.

You have to work the crowd.

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