Westlife Quotes:

I will definitely start in small venues, as I want to find my feet as a performer; the first shows that Westlife did was ten dates at Wembley, which was just crazy. We didn't have a clue what we were doing because it was so big.

- Shane Filan

topic: Westlife

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

topic: Beautiful, Long, Together, Westlife, Beautiful Music

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.

- Shane Filan

topic: Thinking, Unique, Years, Westlife

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

topic: Numbers, Lucky, Facts, Westlife

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

topic: Westlife, Sony

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.

- Shane Filan

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

topic: Children, Commitment, Wife, Westlife

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.'

- Shane Filan

topic: Kids, Voice, Opposites, Complete Opposites, Westlife

Few people asking about my post Westlife plans!? I'll be making a solo album of course! The process has already started actually ;)

- Mark Feehily

topic: People, Asking, Albums, Westlife

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.

- Shane Filan

topic: Decision, Splits, Honest, Westlife

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.

- Shane Filan

topic: Westlife

I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.

- Shane Filan

topic: Westlife, Capitol

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.

- Shane Filan

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

topic: Westlife, Earning Money

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.

- Shane Filan

topic: Children, Sick, People, Westlife, Why Me