A biography for Ronan Keatinghasn’t been written yet.
“I just want to be a good man.”
“I've always been quite an insecure person.”
“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.”
“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 always wanted to make my parents feel proud of me.”
“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.”
“My 13 year old, my girl Missy, has made four feature films. She's the most grounded, level-headed kid.”
“I had spent so long trying to be the perfect husband.”
“I love making music, and performing, that will always be there.”
“If you're an up-and-coming star, and you want to do well, then a show like 'The X Factor' is really important.”
“I do not regret the end of my first marriage.”
“My faith is in God. If it's a little statue of Buddha or whatever works for you, brilliant.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The toughest challenges I've faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.”
“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.”
“I have a great relationship with my kids.”
“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.”
“My future definitely lies in the music business.”
“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.”