Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Ronan Keating
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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Real-life experiences will probably end up in my music.
I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn't.
People deserve to be happy.
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.
When times are at their worst, it's amazing what people will do for you.
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.
I'm not doing 'Once' to prove that I'm worldly or cultured. I just love the role.
I wanted to be Jon Bon Jovi and Bono. But I'm not that cool. I don't need to be. I'm not a rock star. I am who I am.
The toughest challenges I've faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.
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 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.
I do not regret the end of my first marriage.
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.
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.
Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don't get to last this long, usually.
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.
I can take too big a step. I can try to be too cool, and people won't accept that.
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've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'
I have lived a crazy life since I was 16, have travelled the world, and met some amazing people. And if you can turn that into music, then you are doing something right.
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.
I just want to be a good man.
You need to be experimental. You try things, and it is OK if they don't always work necessarily.
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.
It's that kind of Dublin mentality: you just have to grin and bear some things.
My faith is in God. If it's a little statue of Buddha or whatever works for you, brilliant.
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.
I'd like less Irish-looking skin.
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 would like to take on roles which nobody would expect. I don't want to be reduced to love stories. I'd like to try dark, edgy roles. I need a challenge.
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'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 always wanted to make my parents feel proud of me.
Coffee isn't just a source of pleasure for me: it is something I rely on to get me through the day.
I'm a good dad. I'm proud of that.
I would love to do a Bollywood flick.
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.
We'll never do a show without honouring Steo in some shape or form, and that's really important to us.
It was amazing to be on the map, to be recognised by other artists, and to be so successful.
I cook and do my own laundry.
I am not a fan of being in the sea. I like being in a boat - sailing.
My future definitely lies in the music business.
My average day is with my wife and kids in Dublin, doing school runs, grocery store, feeding and walking the dogs.
The song 'Gave It All Away' has a reggae sound.
I don't know how to use a washing machine.
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.
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 pop artist, and that's what I'll always be. I don't want to be a 'credible artist.'
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.
I wasn't going to let anything control me.
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.
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.'
A musical is never something I thought I'd do.
I grew up as the youngest child in a big, noisy family, and there was always someone around to hang out with.
I had spent so long trying to be the perfect husband.
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.
I'd tell my 16-year-old self, 'Don't take yourself so seriously, and just have fun.'
All my children are blessings. I love them to bits. They're my world.
I've always been quite an insecure person.
Not a lot of bands get to go out on their own terms.
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