You've got to go down the road you naturally go down, and for me it was pop, folk country, just feel-good music. I suppose most of my songs are very up-tempo.

Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.

After Westlife, I was in a scared place, you know; you've three children, and I worry about providing for them, and I had no guarantees going forward about the future.

I don't think about success to be famous, because I've done that at the highest level, but it's all about my children.

You're only as good as your last album.

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.

Capitol Records were very keen for me to write and see how I got on; I think that is what defined my sound. The first session I had was with two young up-and-coming writers, Nick Atkinson and Tom Wilding, and I went into a session a bit nervous because I hadn't written that many songs before.