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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. "

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" 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. "

Shane Filan

Money

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Life

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

" 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. "

" 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

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Child

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

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

" 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 out schools and all that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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 life in general, you know, about not knowing what's going to be around the corner, but you've got to enjoy it and enjoy the things you have. My wife, my kids, my health, and stuff like that. "

" 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. "

" 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 sell out arenas and stadiums, what Westlife achieved was crazy. It's like One Direction probably don't realise how big they are. They'll look back one day and think, 'Holy God, that was pretty amazing.' "

" My kids are Irish; I want them to grow up playing Gaelic football and learning Irish. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Different

" I think that as a band, we find joy, and we love what we are doing. We are very good friends, so we get on very well, and we have a lot of respect for each other. We have a lot of respect for what Westlife is. We have a very, very solid and strong fan base all over the world. "

" 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. "

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

Shane Filan

I Can

Say

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

Shane Filan

Now

" 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. "

" 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 was great with the band. I was earning money, and it looked good. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

Shane Filan

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Sound