86 Quotes by Shane Filan

You only live once, so live a good life!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.