My average day is with my wife and kids in Dublin, doing school runs, grocery store, feeding and walking the dogs.
— Ronan Keating
You're just one of the guys who fills a suit, and that's what's drilled into you by the record company and the management - 'You're lucky to have it. Now shut your mouth.' I get where that comes from, but it takes time to shake it off.
I had spent so long trying to be the perfect husband.
The beauty of being in Boyzone - and maybe other bands are the same - is that as soon as you're back together again, it doesn't matter how long you've been apart. It feels like nothing's changed.
Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.
Me and me dad didn't have a great relationship when we were younger. We had a good relationship, but it wasn't an affectionate relationship.
I can take too big a step. I can try to be too cool, and people won't accept that.
The Beckhams are really inspiring and have very elegantly risen to being the most powerful brand in the country. I'm sure a lot of couples look at that and say, 'Wow.'
You need to be experimental. You try things, and it is OK if they don't always work necessarily.
I'm not nervous coming back to my old audience. I'm looking forward to it. That's really what I do; that's my day job.
Being in a boy band, everyone has an opinion of all of us and what we do. There was a time I fought with that.
A musical is never something I thought I'd do.
Sydney is the most amazing city. The food and the beautiful beaches are fantastic, and all that surf and sunshine make you feel unbelievably relaxed.
I'm a good dad. I'm proud of that.
I've always been quite an insecure person.
When times are at their worst, it's amazing what people will do for you.
I don't know how to use a washing machine.
I am not a fan of being in the sea. I like being in a boat - sailing.
All my children are blessings. I love them to bits. They're my world.
I do not regret the end of my first marriage.
It was amazing to be on the map, to be recognised by other artists, and to be so successful.
The toughest challenges I've faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.
I'm a pop artist, and that's what I'll always be. I don't want to be a 'credible artist.'
You can stay in situations just for the sake of it. That can be a very dangerous thing and tough on your soul and heart.
I cook and do my own laundry.
I wear my heart on my sleeve, and whatever I was giving, it was just coming from my natural place at that time. And you know, some albums I've made, I look back and think they were great, and then some I look at, and I think that wasn't right at the time.
Real-life experiences will probably end up in my music.
I'm not doing 'Once' to prove that I'm worldly or cultured. I just love the role.
I thought I'd go away and make one album, but it was extended. The album did so well, and they wanted another album. I was on a high. You make hay while the sun shines, and I was doing it, and you think about yourself; that's what you do.
Coffee isn't just a source of pleasure for me: it is something I rely on to get me through the day.
I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.
I did a bit of running away when my mam passed away. I didn't go back to work; I started drinking quite a lot, and I know how damaging that can be.
I wouldn't want anyone to go through what my mam did - she was ill for two and a half years with breast cancer that moved to her spine, and died in 1998, when she was 51.
I'd like less Irish-looking skin.
As you get older, the cliches of life ring true. It's the simple things that matter most: your family, the people you love, your health and sanity.
Being in a boy ban,d you're not allowed to be good at anything. You're not allowed to be talented. You're not really allowed to be a songwriter. You're not allowed to be that good a singer.
I have done a lot of interviews over the years, so you think I would know how to handle difficult questions, etc. But the truth is, I don't.
Not a lot of bands get to go out on their own terms.
The most influential person in my life had been George Michael. He was very important to me and was one of my musical heroes growing up. Then he became a friend and mentor and someone I'd lean on.
I always wanted to make my parents feel proud of me.
People deserve to be happy.
We'll never do a show without honouring Steo in some shape or form, and that's really important to us.
The industry has changed in that it is far more disposable than it used to be. When Boyzone came out, we were given a shot and the patience to record our singles and albums. Nowadays, the thought is if it is not working, then the artist will be dropped. The record companies will bail on the artists, and I find that sad.
Judging on 'The Voice' or the 'X Factor UK' would be great; that would be ideal, really. But I don't think it's going to happen.
It's that kind of Dublin mentality: you just have to grin and bear some things.
As a working-class boy, golf was never really on my radar, and when I was growing up, Irish football was my sporting passion.
I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.
I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn't.
I wasn't going to let anything control me.
When greeting Pope Benedict a few years ago, I was meant to kiss the papal ring but I head-butted his hand instead. He just laughed at me.
