Shawn Mendes Quotes

Shawn Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He gained a following in 2013, posting song covers on the video-sharing application Vine. The following year, he caught the attention of artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label. Mendes went on to release an EP and his debut studio album Handwritten (2015), whose single “Stitches” peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Mendes’ second album, Illuminate (2016), was preceded by the singles “Treat You Better” and “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back”, both of which reached the top 10 of the Hot 100. His self-titled third album (2018) was supported by the lead single “In My Blood”. All three albums debuted atop the US Billboard 200, with the first two doing so within a week of their release. Mendes has toured extensively to promote his albums, with headlining tours taking place in North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and South America.

In 2019, Mendes won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for “In My Blood”.

Table of Contents:

1. Early Life

2. Career

3. Artistry

4. Personal Life

5. Discography

6. Filmography

7. Tours

8. Awards and Nominations

9. Philanthropy

10. Shawn Mendes Quotes

1. Early Life

Shawn Mendes was born and raised in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. His mother, Karen, works as a real estate agent, and his father, Manuel Mendes, is a businessman. His father is of Portuguese descent, while his mother is English. He has a sister named Aaliyah. Mendes was raised in a Roman Catholic household. He attended Pine Ridge Secondary School.

Mendes began posting cover songs on the video-sharing application Vine in 2013. He was discovered by artist manager Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, which led to him signing a deal with the record label.

2. Career

Mendes released his debut EP, The Shawn Mendes EP, in 2014. The EP peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200. He released his debut studio album, Handwritten, in 2015. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album’s lead single, “Stitches”, peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Mendes’ second album, Illuminate, was released in 2016. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album’s lead single, “Treat You Better”, peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Mendes’ self-titled third album was released in 2018. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. The album’s lead single, “In My Blood”, peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.

3. Artistry

Mendes is a pop singer and songwriter. His music has been described as “easy listening” and “earnest”. Mendes has cited Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, Bruno Mars, and the Beatles as his musical influences.

4. Personal Life

Mendes has been in a relationship with Cuban-American model Camila Cabello since 2019.

5. Discography

Studio albums:

-Handwritten (2015)

-Illuminate (2016)

-Shawn Mendes (2018)

EPs:

-The Shawn Mendes EP (2014)

-A Little bit of Shawn Mendes (2016)

Singles:

-“Life of the Party” (2014)

-“Something Big” (2014)

-“Stitches” (2015)

-“Treat You Better” (2016)

-“There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” (2017)

-“In My Blood” (2018)

-“Señorita” (2019)

6. Filmography

Television:

-The 100 (2014)

-Saturday Night Live (2016, 2019)

Film:

-Isle of Dogs (2018)

7. Tours

Headlining:

-Shawn Mendes World Tour (2015)

-Illuminate World Tour (2017)

-Shawn Mendes: The Tour (2019)

Co-headlining:

-Austin Mahone’s MMM YEAH Tour (2014)

-Taylor Swift’s The 1989 World Tour (2015)

8. Awards and Nominations

Mendes has won numerous awards, including two American Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, seven iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards, and one Juno Award. He has also been nominated for four Grammy Awards.

9. Philanthropy

Mendes has supported various charitable causes throughout his career. In 2015, he launched the Shawn Mendes Foundation, which is “dedicated to empowering and supporting youth.” In 2016, he became a global ambassador for the Canadian Red Cross.

Shawn Mendes Quotes

“To be honest, I’ve only been to one concert, and it was Aerosmith. Aerosmith and Slash.” – Shawn Mendes

“I’m not just writing songs that are narrating my life, but everyone else around my age because they’re super-relatable.” – Shawn Mendes

“I think if you’re creating music, and you love the song, holding it back is just doing it an injustice.” – Shawn Mendes

“Love your people! Tell the people you love you REALLY love them. Do it. It’s impossible to be too kind or too loving.” – Shawn Mendes

“An empty coffee cup is sometimes just as beautiful as a full one.” – Shawn Mendes

“I was an average student. I wasn’t any standout. I remember when people started to know who I was and the label offers, people started to get a little weird and be weird around me.” – Shawn Mendes

“A lot of people who are ‘social media’ stars aren’t considered to be ‘real’ stars, and people underestimate the amount of work it takes to edit and upload a video every single day and document your life like that.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“I wanna love you with the lights on.” – Shawn Mendes, “Lights On”

“Let your dreams take flight.” – Shawn Mendes, “Believe”

“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 forgetting to do what I love for the rest of my life.’” – Shawn Mendez

“Be my summer in a winter day love.” — Shawn Mendes, “Fallin’ All in You”

“Just the fact that a thousand people in front of me were ready to hear me sing was one of the best feelings I can think of.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“Love is probably the strongest emotion that you can feel. It’s very natural – and I wouldn’t want to say easy – but natural and comfortable to write about, and there’s so many different forms of it, millions of layers – you could write forever about it.” – Shawn Mendes

“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 myself to figure out what sounds right and what sounds wrong.” – Shawn Mendes

“I don’t want to just be a teenage star. I want to be known by my 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.’” – Shawn Mendes

“My advice to anyone with a dream is to never stop pursuing it.” – Shawn Mendes

“I think when you have raw emotion in a song, it makes it great.” – Shawn Mendes

“You can’t get too comfortable and relax, because your world can flip overnight.” – Shawn Mendes

“I’ll stop time for you, the second you say you’d like me to.” – Shawn Mendes, “Treat You Better”

“I’m just growing so quickly, so my songs are quickly changing on me. But it’s fine. I love them for what they are and what they were, to me.” – Shawn Mendes

“I think it’s not about what you say; it’s about what you don’t say.” – Shawn Mendes

“I have a thing where if I’m not in control, I feel the whole world is about to collapse.” – Shawn Mendes

“As I’m growing, so is my music.” – Shawn Mendes

“I think I was just bored one summer afternoon, and I decided to post a little video of me singing and playing guitar out of tune.” – Shawn Mendes

“All the stars in the sky could see why you’re perfectly wrong for me.” – Shawn Mendes, “Perfectly Wrong”

“If this is what it’s like falling in love, then I don’t ever wanna grow up. Maybe I’m just a kid in love.” – Shawn Mendes, “Kid In Love”

“I come up with more ideas when I’m on the road, but I don’t get to finish them. I don’t get to fully flush them out because I’m so busy on the road. I’m very all over the place, but I’m definitely most creative when I’m out here.” – Shawn Mendes

“Growing up in a suburban home, the world seems so massive to you. It seems like cities are so big and so far away, and there’s so much in them. So your imagination runs wild, instead of when you are born in the middle of Manhattan, you’d know, like, that this is the biggest city.” – 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.” – Shawn Mendes

“No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you’re present on stage, it’s going to feel like a theater.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“As soon as I get time, I really wanna dig down and do some acting.” – Shawn Mendes

“I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.” – Shawn Mendes

“Being a sex symbol isn’t cool unless you’re in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“It’s extremely important just to keep things positive and happy as much as we can … I think it’s important that singers, actors, or whatever use our voice to spread positive messages as much as we possibly can.” – Shawn Mendes

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“I’m permanent. You can’t erase me.” – Shawn Mendes, “Aftertaste”

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

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

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“Take a piece of my heart and make it all your own so when we are apart you’ll never be alone.” – Shawn Mendes, “Never Be Alone”

“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.” – Shawn Mendes

“Every single night my arms are not around you my mind’s still wrapped around you.” — Shawn Mendes, “When You’re Ready”

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