Quotes from Shane Filan

When you look at bands like Take That, who have come back bigger than ever, you can see there will always be a market for good pop bands.

The adrenaline of performing on stage to a crowd - there's nothing like it.

I can say 100% that Westlife is not breaking up.

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.

You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music. I suppose most of my songs are very up-tempo.

I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.

When I had money, I felt pressure, whether it was to invest it or do good with it, and I couldn't let it fizzle out. It was like I needed to prove to myself that I could look after it, only I did the opposite, but you have to take a chance in life.

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 a pretty cool job to have.

You only live once, so live a good life!

I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart.

You know One Direction do a lot of up tempo songs, but when they did that Ed Sheeran song 'Little Things,' that was probably their biggest song off their last album, so it shows you that a ballad never goes out of fashion.

I knew I was going to lose my house in Ireland and all the other properties. It's all gone. But my house was the one material thing that was very important to me.

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.

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 instead of having a sick child.

After Westlife, I was in a scared place, you know; you've three children, and I worry about providing for them, and I had no guarantees going forward about the future.

It's amazing how lucky Westlife were and what we achieved. It's very rare to have seven number ones in a row. Ridiculous in fact.

When you realise that money doesn't actually make you happy, it's a quick fix to have things you've always wanted, but then when you have it, you realise that's not what actually makes you happy. It's more about having a great marriage and happy children; that's what life's all about.

I didn't really like 'You Raise Me Up' at the time we recorded it; now it's my favourite Westlife song.

Yes, it's true, I have bought a helicopter. I really like it. I can't fly it, but I plan to get a licence one day.

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.

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 family and had a lovely atmosphere, as we lived above the restaurant. It definitely made me want to work hard, whatever I chose to do. As the baby of seven kids, I was definitely a bit spoilt.

Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.

Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.

Everybody, every tradesman that worked for Shafin or built my house got fully paid, well paid. Everybody got paid. I would like that to be said if I could because I haven't said it before, and it's important. People kind of think we left all these plumbers or electricians without getting paid.