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 ….

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….

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 ….

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 w….

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 m….

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….

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 a….

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

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 t….

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 wer….

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

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 da….

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..

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

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..

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

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

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?….

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

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 ….

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 th….