Quotes from Shawn Mendes

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

To be honest, I've only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.

Maybe I'm just a kid in love.

Manuka honey is magic.

I can't believe how fast things have happened, and I'm just so honored that people are able to look to me as a leader.

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.

I'm tortured because I care.

I'd say the best scents are ones that don't overtake a room. I love things that remind me of the outdoors and home.

It's hard for me to just say, 'Wow, this is amazing - I'm famous. I'm living the dream.' I sit there and think, 'I'm scared - this can go away tomorrow.' My dad always says that I'm a tortured soul because I'm never pleased; I never feel like I deserve what I've achieved.

I'd rather sleep on the bus than in the hotel because I sleep way better on tour buses.

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 really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.

I think if you're creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice.

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.

So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I've written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard; it doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time. I also feel like I'm learning new ways.

I feel like every time I write a song, it feels like the first time I wrote a song. It's just as hard. It doesn't get easier, but that's why I love it: because it's a challenge every time.

Ed Sheeran wrote his songs, so I wanted to write my own songs.

Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.

I picture myself now, and I picture myself in 30 years, and I'll probably be the same. I'll still think I'm not the greatest singer I can be.

There's a lot more to success than just singing.

Singing kind of came out of nowhere.

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.