The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this twilight zone of not knowing where your life is going, and yet you're in Westlife. Everything… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
It's a big deal to bring your family on the road, you know? I'd love to do it sometime, but you have to work… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
Everybody, every tradesman that worked for Shafin or built my house got fully paid, well paid. Everybody got paid. I would like that to… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
My mum and dad ran a family cafe in Sligo for 35 years and worked long hours. We grew up in a very hard-working… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it. — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
Why me? Why did this happen? How could I be in Westlife and then have nothing to show for it financially at the end of it? But it's like, why not me? That's just life. It's tough. There's a lot more problems in the world. There are a lot of people who would wish to God they had my problem… — Shane Filan Copy Share
I have three children to take care; I have a wife. My job is to take care of them, and I can say it's… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
When I finished Westlife, we had - Louie Walsh is still managing me - I was lucky to have options from different labels such as Sony and Universal. When we met Capitol and Nick Raphael, I just believed in them the most, and it looked like they believed in me the most. — Shane Filan Copy Share
I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song. — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
I've been a solo artist for a year now, and I think I should start thinking about the future now. Every spare time I… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
You shouldn't end a band like Westlife and not be financially secure to some extent, but I wasn't at all - it was the… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
Every year, we couldn't believe it, and even when I look back on it now, to sell 14 million singles, 50 million albums and… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
The couple of years before I was declared bankrupt were the roughest. The bank letters, the pressure, the stress was awful. You're in this… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
