Top 60 Ronan Keating Quotes

As a kid, I was called Tintin because of my hair colour and style.

I wanted to travel. I wanted hit records. I wanted success. I wanted respect, but not credibility – that’s one thing Boyzone never looked for.

When we live in a world where everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame, I think it’s nice to have a show like ‘All Together Now,’ where it’s about people having 15 minutes of fun.

Real-life experiences will probably end up in my music.

The toughest challenges I’ve faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.

I’m glad to have a couple a quid in my pocket to be able to enjoy life.

We’ll never do a show without honouring Steo in some shape or form, and that’s really important to us.

I’ve always been quite an insecure person.

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.

People deserve to be happy.

A musical is never something I thought I’d do.

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.’

Kids are different. Boys and girls at 14, 15, 16 – some are more developed in the mind; some aren’t… It comes down to the individual.

I’m a good dad. I’m proud of that.

I’m not incredibly wealthy. When you go through a divorce, that diminishes rapidly because you’re supporting more than one household.

I’m not doing ‘Once’ to prove that I’m worldly or cultured. I just love the role.

I hate seeing people getting a raw deal and artists not being in control of what they are doing. It happens all the time.

I’m a pop artist, and that’s what I’ll always be. I don’t want to be a ‘credible artist.’

I’ve never been particularly happy with what I see in the mirror – I don’t think anybody ever is. And I’d like to be taller, too: I’m 5 ft. 9in.

If you’re an up-and-coming star, and you want to do well, then a show like ‘The X Factor’ is really important.

Director Baz Luhrmann flew me to New York to read for ‘Moulin Rouge!’ Maybe I was a little blase about it.

The song ‘Gave It All Away’ has a reggae sound.

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.

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 have a Superman tattoo on my right arm.

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.

I worked very hard in my first marriage, and I travelled constantly to make money for the family, and when I came home, I would be the best father that I could be.

Christmas is a special time of year for everyone – I remember getting my first BMX bike when I was a kid, and it was the best present ever.

I think my feet were on the ground, and I had good family around me. It comes down to who you are and your upbringing.

Music is my heart and soul. That’s what I love to do.

I listen to loads of different music all the time.

I don’t need to do or say things to place me in a position where I look a bit cooler.

When times are at their worst, it’s amazing what people will do for you.

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 can take too big a step. I can try to be too cool, and people won’t accept that.

I had spent so long trying to be the perfect husband.

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 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 love making music, and performing, that will always be there.

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.

My 13 year old, my girl Missy, has made four feature films. She’s the most grounded, level-headed kid.

I am not a fan of being in the sea. I like being in a boat – sailing.

I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn’t.

I want time for my career, my kids, and my partner.

My faith is in God. If it’s a little statue of Buddha or whatever works for you, brilliant.

I cook and do my own laundry.

Twenty-five years has been a good run. Boy bands like Boyzone don’t get to last this long, usually.

I find the Aussies are great and just let you be. The odd time, somebody has something smart to say, but it’s very rare.

It was amazing to be on the map, to be recognised by other artists, and to be so successful.

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.

The boys and I were all very close. There were never any bust-ups in Boyzone, never any fights.

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 don’t know how to use a washing machine.

We were a working man’s boy band.

My future definitely lies in the music business.

I think eventually all music will be free.

My dad taught me to work hard and be a grafter, and my mam taught me to have a heart and showed me how to love. That’s a good balance.

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.

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.