Shane Filan Quotes

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• My whole world changed when Michael Jackson brought out the Bad album when I was about eight or nine. He took over my whole life and from then on I wanted to be Michael Jackson. I watched his videos for hours and learned how to dance like him. I would push back the chairs in the room and learn his dance moves. I even taught myself to moonwalk.

  Shane Filan

  Moving, Eight, Albums

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• You only live once, so live a good life!

  Shane Filan

  Good Life, You Only Live Once

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

  Shane Filan

  Heart, Singing, Break

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• 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.

  Shane Filan

  Country, Song, Feel Good

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

  Shane Filan

  Crowds, Stage, Adrenaline

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• For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.

  Shane Filan

  Hard Work, Successful, Grace

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

  Shane Filan

  Beautiful, Long, Together

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• I think Westlife is very unique: we have a certain sound; we do our thing our way, and we don't try to change too much. I think that's what the fans love about us. We keep giving the fans what they want every year. The style of music never really changes too much.

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  Thinking, Unique, Years

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• I love Ireland. I'll always be 100pc Irish. I get really excited when I go to Sligo; it's my home.

  Shane Filan

  Home, Excited, Get Real

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• 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.

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  Children, Thinking, Done

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• You're only as good as your last album.

  Shane Filan

  Albums, Lasts, Haircuts

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• My wife is my best friend. The thought that people are afraid to go home to their partners for fear of being abused physically or emotionally makes me feel sick. It's not easy but you need to get help and get out.

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  Home, Sick, Wife

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• 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.

  Shane Filan

  Children, Great Marriage, Make You Happy

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• I think that lyrically, 'Safe' is a very positive song: it's very strong; it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I think everybody anywhere in the world can relate to it. I think everybody wants to feel safe; everybody wants to feel protected.

  Shane Filan

  Song, Strong, Thinking

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• 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.

  Shane Filan

  Numbers, Lucky, Facts

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• When your child is looking up at you and you are putting them to bed at night, and they are just lying there, you have to remind yourself that's what it's all about.

  Shane Filan

  Children, Lying, Night

  "Westlife's Shane Filan talks about crippling bankruptcy and losing £18 million" by Victoria Garo-Falides, www.mirror.co.uk. August 9, 2013.

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• If I'm honest, I thought Westlife would keep going for longer than it did - we all did - but it sort of came to a natural end. When we decided we were going to split, I thought, 'If I'm going to sing, I'm going to have to do it solo.' Also, financially I was broke, so the decision was ultimately made for me.

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  Decision, Splits, Honest

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• 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.

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  Children, Sick, People

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• 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.

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  One Day, Helicopters, Plans

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• I have worked long and hard to try to reduce my debts, and I am devastated that it came to this conclusion. I now intend to focus on the remaining dates of the Westlife tour and my commitments to the band before looking to rebuild a future for my wife, my three children and myself.

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  Children, Commitment, Long

  "Westlife singer Shane Filan declared bankrupt" by Henry McDonald and Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, People, House

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

  Shane Filan

  Team, Together, Experts

  "Westlife singer Shane Filan declared bankrupt" by Henry McDonald and Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2012.

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• 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 complete opposite. But you look at stuff then, 'Well, what do I have? I don't have money but I have a great marriage, three healthy kids, and I have my voice. I'll just start again.'

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  Kids, Voice, Opposites

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• 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.

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  Awkward, Trying, Cards

  "Westlife singer Shane Filan on life after his £18m bankruptcy". Interview with Lorraine McBride, www.telegraph.co.uk. August 19, 2013.

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• Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my sound. The first session I had was with two young up-and-coming writers, Nick Atkinson and Tom Wilding, and I went into a session a bit nervous because I hadn't written that many songs before.

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  Song, Writing, Thinking

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