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 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

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 don't like age barriers. I don't like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.

- Shawn Mendes

There are times when I'm super-overwhelmed, and everything feels like it's hitting me in the face at once, but I think what's keeping me calm, and who I am by staying true to myself, is my whole family being so supportive and keeping me grounded. They treat me the exact same way they treated me years and years ago.

- Shawn Mendes

You have to be careful not to make music something you don't want to do. Which happens. I've gotten off the road and been like, 'I hate it. I hate singing, I hate playing guitar.' Six days later, I'm in my bedroom singing at the top of my lungs because I love it so much.

- Shawn Mendes

I'm not the best singer in the world; I'm just good at picking up what I want to sound like.

- 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 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.'

- 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