I think my all time favourite song would be between 'Slow Dancing in a Burning Room' and 'Dreaming with a Broken Heart' by John Mayer.
— Shawn Mendes
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'll never feel like I've made it.
I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.
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.
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.
I like to think of 'Illuminate' as the mature version of the previous one, a year older, more experience.
There's so much negativity on social media, I don't want to add to that.
Absolutely, I never stop working on new music.
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.
I think, as a musician and person, Justin Timberlake is someone I've always looked up to.
I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world.
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.
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.
I'm writing all the time, really. It's become a little bit of a problem when I go home. Sometimes I should really go out and hang out with my friends, but what happens is I get really inspired and then just go and mess around on the computer.
I've watched pretty much every Ed Sheeran video on You Tube that is possible to watch.
John Mayer would be my ultimate collaboration because he's just the man. He has basically captured all I believe in with music.
You look back at people like Elvis and The Beatles and still get their music because it's timeless. That's what I want.
You can't get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.
My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.
First of all, I'm not gay. Second of all, it shouldn't make a difference if I was or if I wasn't.
Ryan Tedder is just a beast.
I love Milan, and I'm not just saying that. It's a city that gives me a great sense of euphoria. I can't explain why, but I feel a special energy there.
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.
During crazy times, I just hold back. People are so quick to jump on something or rip it apart.
'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.
I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.
What I love about my fragrance Signature is that it's subtle and great to wear for any person at any time.
Definitely, it's hard being a young artist and being taken seriously.
I have songs about growing up, about ex-relationships - ex-relationship, I should say.
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 feel very comfortable with the U.K. tone and humour and laid-back attitude.
You have to work the crowd.
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.
As I'm growing, so is my music.
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'm tortured because I care.
From day 1, Justin Timberlake has been a huge inspiration for me.
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.
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 think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.
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.
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.
I really think the best fragrances are ones you can wear every day.
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 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.
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 don't want to get on stage and just be another act.
