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Quotes

 

"I'd never go out wearing all white. I'd look like I was in a boyband!" - Kian

"I'll never forget opening a teen magazine in Holland and seeing pictures of naked teenagers inside it." - Mark

"If I came home from school and my mom wasn't in, I'd start crying!" - Nicky

"Men have nipples cos they wanna be like women" - Shane

 

 

Interview

 

Popworld Magazine (October 2003)

 

What do you think of D-side and are you worried they might steal your crown?
Nicky: No. I wish them well, but with the success we've had, I don't think anybody has even stolen our crown - I think we've actually retired our crown at this stage; I don't think that anyone can get it.
Mark: They are Irish lads and fair play to them but I don't think they will steal our crown. If they do I hope they enjoy it.
Shane: Their last single 'Invisible' was great and they are great lads.

 

Do you reckon you will still all be doing this when you are 60 like Elton John?
Bryan: Yep
Others: No
Shane: I can safely say we won't be together when we're 60.
Bryan: I can see Filan doing it - 'tonight in the Carrack Hotel in Mullingar, for one night only... Shane Filan!' Lots of little old ladies asking if he's going to be singing those Westlife songs.
Nicky: You can't even get an erection at 60 - what are you going to be singing for?

 

Do you have any talents we don't know about?
Shane: I'm very good at Michael Flatley impressions
Kian: Especially when he's drunk
Mark: I'm getting good at tennis
Kian: I'm getting good at surfing
Shane: Oooooooh! Bryan is probably the best at PlayStation.

 

Would you like to be a judge on Pop Idol?
All: No!
Bryan: If I could get Simon Cowell's money, then yes.
Nicky: I don't think anybody has the right to do that to people. You can give your opinion, but they don't give their opinion, they act like they are the f***ing be all and end all.
Mark: It's a total sell out of a show, to be honest with you. The TV ratings it gets are more important than the moral side of it. It's disgusting what they do to the people on the show. People say it makes great television, but I don't think that's an excuse for what they are doing to the kids. It also promotes the fact that you can be nasty to someone and it's ok. It's now cool to be nasty, which is a bit of a sad reflection on society I think.

 

Would you pose naked if it was for charity?
Kian: Me and Nicky were asked to do that and we said no. Also, a millionaire once asked me to marry him for £52 million and pose naked for him so he could draw me for £2 million!
Nicky: That's not a bad offer - just being drawn by some dude for £2 million.
Bryan: That's grand, and that's not even to go in public. You get a kidney infection and the doctor sees your b******* anyway, so who gives a sh*te? I'd call him back.
Nicky: Give him my number.

 

What's the best present you ever got from your record company?
Mark: For a multi-million dollar corporation, they give sh*te presents!
Shane: They give us golf clubs and DVD players.
Nicky: But I did get a Versace ornament for my wedding.
Mark: For my 21st birthday the multi-million dollar corporation BMG bought me a wallet.
Kian: The amount of money we make the record label...
Shane: We make them absolute millions beyond millions.
Mark: We've always said to them 'is there any chance of a nice car or something?' There are lots of bands that have been around for a lot less time than us and get more.
Bryan: We deserve five Aston Martins by now!

 

The American Idol winner Reuben released 'Flying Without Wings' as a single in the US. What did you think of that?
Nicky: I heard it and it was sh*te.
Shane: I saw it live on the final on TV 10 and it was absolute muck. He's a great singer but he ruined that song. He's done his own thing on it, but I think it's the wrong thing, personally!
Nicky: That just goes to show how big Westlife songs in America COULD have been.

Are you annoyed that the record company did that?
Shane: Yeah
Bryan: We've had one of our songs to go number one in American with Reuben and 'Flying Without Wings'. And another song called 'All or Nothing' (by O-Town, I LOVE that song! Westlife So should of done it) was written for us, but Simon Cowell turned it down without even letting us hear it, he's a genius isn't he?

 

Would any of you ever considering 'doing a Justin Timberlake'?
Nicky: Doing Justine Timberlake?
Shane: No, they mean going solo. At the moment, not a hope, there's no reason why we should think about that, but eventually it will come to the stage when if you want to keep on singing then you'll have to do it on your own, because the other four won't be there. [The whole band doubles up with raucous laughter.]
Bryan: If you look at the likes of Ronan Keating and you look at Justin Timberlake and you look at Westlife then look at Ronan, Keith Duffy, Steven Gately, Mikey Graham and Shane Lynch and then you look at N*SYNC and you look at Joey Fat One, Chris thing, Lance or whatever they're called, they're brutal. JT is very good but the rest are brutal
 

Brutal meaning?
All: Sh*te!
Bryan: Then you look at Boyzone where Ronan was good and the rest were sh*te.
Nicky: Did you call him Joey Fat One?
Bryan: Yea his name is Joey Fatone, pronounced Fat-o-nee, but you can say it like... Fat One. But that's not the kind of band we are - it's not just about one person it's a whole band.

 

Who's the worst drunk?
Mark: I'm the one who can never remember anything from the night before.
Shane: Yea he can fall asleep on a brick.
Mark: I can never remember how I got home or how the hell I got into bed. I wake up and go 'f***! F***! What the hell did I do?'
Kian: Bryan's a lightweight.
Bryan: No, hang on a second. I can have three vodka and red bulls and then I'm drunk but then I can have another 20 and I'll stay the same drunk all night.
Mark: Kian bites people. People end up with teeth marks when he's drunk
Kian: I never bite people angrily though
Mark: No I think he bites people out of excitement!
Shane: Nicky would start a fight, kind of thing.
Bryan: Shane is the affectionate one. He's like 'I love you buddy, I love you buddy.'
Kian: He was in a club last week and he was holding my hand and was snuggled into my armpit like a wee baby.
Shane: I thought you were Gillian - I was SO drunk.

 

My friend once sent you a brand new bra and knickers set. What do you do with underwear that fans send?
Shane: I wear them!
Nicky: Shane, I hope you understand this question now before you start saying that you wear the underwear.
Shane: Oh the fans bra and knickers... to be honest I never really get sent stuff.
Bryan: Have you ever put a girl’s thong on?
Nicky: Never! Kian has - I've seen him!
Bryan: I have and when you put them on it's so funny - your balls hang out over the side. [More raucous laughter, Bryan’s phone rings]
No sorry you've got the wrong number... fans ring my phone all day, every day. I don't know how they find out my number.
Mark: They're absolute 007s the whole lot of them.
Nicky: This is the truth, right. I arrived at Heathrow and asked one of the fans, 'What am I doing Thursday?' - And he told me what I was doing for the rest of the week!
Mark: They know more than the label do - I think they make our schedule up!

 

When was the last time you went to confession and what did you confess?
Shane: About 10 years ago...
Nicky: You have to go the night before you get married.
Kian: I wouldn't be telling anyone my business, let alone a priest.
Nicky: Well that's fine if you want to do that, but if you want to get married in a Catholic church, then a priest marries you and he hears your confession to God.
Bryan: You have to have a clear conscience before getting married
Shane: I will be going to confession before my marriage.
Kian: I just don't believe in confessions. Why should I sit there and tell another human being the things I've done wrong in my life?
Mark: You're supposed to be telling God
Kian: Yeah but if I want to tell God I'll do it in privacy of my own space. I don't need to tell a guy with a white collar round his neck.
Nicky: Fair enough.

 

Would you ever have plastic surgery?
Shane: Only if I had been in an accident and it had deformed my face.
Bryan: So when are you getting it sorted?
Nicky: I wouldn't rule out a bit of liposuction.
 

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