My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish. — Shane Filan Football Copy Share Image
The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it. — Shane Filan Adrenaline Copy Share Image
I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home. — Shane Filan Always Copy Share Image
I knew I was going to lose my house in Ireland and all the other properties. It's all gone. But my house… — Shane Filan Going Copy Share Image
Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no… — Shane Filan Alternatives 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… — Shane Filan Big Copy Share Image
I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song. — Shane Filan Favourite Copy Share Image
When your child is looking up at you, and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying… — Shane Filan About Copy Share Image
I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in… — Shane Filan Anything Copy Share Image
I have three children to take care; I have a wife. My job is to take care of them, and I can… — Shane Filan Care 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… — Shane Filan Again 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… — Shane Filan Achieved 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… — Shane Filan About Copy Share Image
I will definitely start in small venues, as I want to find my feet as a performer; the first shows that Westlife… — Shane Filan Because 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… — Shane Filan Above Copy Share Image
My wife is my best friend. The thought that people are afraid to go home to their partners for fear of being… — Shane Filan Abused 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… — Shane Filan Awful 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… — Shane Filan Child Copy Share Image
When I finished Westlife, we had - Louie Walsh is still managing me - I was lucky to have options from different… — Shane Filan Believed Copy Share Image
For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music… — Shane Filan Around Copy Share Image
Westlife earnt millions. We were on the 'Irish Times' Rich List. And then... I'm not! — Shane Filan Irish Copy Share Image
When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be… — Shane Filan Always Copy Share Image
I don't think about success to be famous, because I've done that at the highest level, but it's all about my children. — Shane Filan About Copy Share Image
“Not sure if you know this. But when we first met, I got so nervous I couldn't speak” — Shane Filan First met Copy Share Image
It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous… — Shane Filan Achieved Copy Share Image
I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart. — Shane Filan Big Copy Share Image
Yes, it's true, I have bought a helicopter. I really like it. I can't fly it, but I plan to get a… — Shane Filan Bought Copy Share Image
Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my… — Shane Filan Because Copy Share Image
You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music.… — Shane Filan Country Copy Share Image
If I'm honest, I thought Westlife would keep going for longer than it did - we all did - but it sort… — Shane Filan Also Copy Share Image
I think that as a band, we find joy, and we love what we are doing. We are very good friends, so… — Shane Filan Band Copy Share Image
I think that lyrically, 'Safe' is a very positive song: it's very strong; it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I… — Shane Filan About Copy Share Image
When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let… — Shane Filan After Copy Share Image
I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion.… — Shane Filan Band Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was… — Shane Filan Ballads Copy Share Image
'Everything To Me' is about everything that's important. It's about my wife, my kids, it's about life, about being happy. It's about… — Shane Filan About Copy Share Image
My whole world changed when Michael Jackson brought out the Bad album when I was about eight or nine. He took over… — Shane Filan Albums Copy Share Image
