Shawn Mendes

“I'm a very spontaneous person. When I see something that might be fun or different, I will try it.”

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

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

“I don't want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by parents, and I want them to go, 'Oh I love that song; he's really good for his age. My daughter loves him, but I love him, too.'”

“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 tortur...”

“I'm tortured because I care. I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.”

“I'm tortured because I care.”

“Chance The Rapper is just unreal: he's changing rap and really creating this whole amazing new style.”

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

“I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard.”

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

“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 promise you, if you look at YouTube and see some of my first covers, you will hear that I don't sound good. But I was so obsessed with it and wanted so much to be good at it that I forced...”

“I started watching YouTube videos and singing, and it became something that I was obsessed with.”

“I was one of those kids who was just always on the Internet, always on YouTube, so it was easy for me to do it. It's not work. It's just fun.”