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 childforwardfuture Change image and share on social
Westlife earnt millions. We were on the 'Irish Times' Rich List. And then... I'm not! Shane Filan earntirishlist Change image and share on social
I knew I was going to lose my house in Ireland and all the other properties. It's all gone. But my house was the one material thing that was very important to me. Shane Filan houseimportantireland Change image and share on social
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 beautifulfaninspire Change image and share on social
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 childendfinancially share on social
I've been a solo artist for a year now, and I think I should start thinking about the future now. Every spare time I get, I want to be in the studio and work on music for 2015. It's a lot of work. Shane Filan artistfuturehave Change image and share on social
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 famousgracehard Change image and share on social
'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. Shane Filan cornerenjoygeneral share on social
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. Shane Filan affordanymoreawkward share on social
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 balladcapitolcover share on social