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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why me? Why did this happen? How could I be in Westlife and then have nothing to show for it financially at the end of it? But it's like, why not me? That's just life. It's tough. There's a lot more problems in the world. There are a lot of people who would wish to God they had my problem instead of having a sick child.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I'm honest, I thought Westlife would keep going for longer than it did - we all did - but it sort of came to a natural end. When we decided we were going to split, I thought, 'If I'm going to sing, I'm going to have to do it solo.' Also, financially I was broke, so the decision was ultimately made for me.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was because they wanted me to write songs myself. It was pretty scary, but they put me in a studio in Nashville with some new songwriters, and the results were pretty good.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I finished Westlife, we had - Louie Walsh is still managing me - I was lucky to have options from different labels such as Sony and Universal. When we met Capitol and Nick Raphael, I just believed in them the most, and it looked like they believed in me the most.
- Distance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having seen TED from a distance, I always thought if ever there was a place for someone like me, the outcasts, people who maintained who they are despite being told what they were, it was TED.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hid my heart under my bed because my mother said if you're not careful someday somebody's going to break it. Take it from me, under the bed is not a good hiding spot.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got bullied a lot when I was a kid, and because of that I thought for the most part that I didn't really have a childhood - I had to grow up so quick and there was no real enjoyment in that for me.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, poetry was... the fastest way to express what I was feeling, what I was going through.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bullying, to me, starts very small around the kindergarten age where the first thing we learn is to call each other names. Something so small can be so long lasting in someone's life.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a hyper kid, so I didn't want to play baseball and wait for the ball to come to me. I wanted to play a sport where I could go get the ball.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.
- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never even considered a future outside the walls of the WWE. However, sometimes life takes an unexpected turn, and while it is the most difficult decision I have ever made, it is time for me to move on.
- Heartbreaking
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- Nov 07, 2020