Kian Egan Quotations

Five years ago, boy bands could get away with having one good vocalist and four good looking guys. Nowadays, it's not about that. It's a lot more about the music, the sound. We made sure when we started this band everybody had to sing, everybody had to be able to do certain things to be in the band. Everybody had to really, really want what we're doing today.

Our manager is always worried that Nicky will injure himself at football. But I don't really mind because there were only 4 members in The Beatles.

But we have to stay in shape and we work out most days, even when we really don't feel like it.

Any man that hits a woman is not a real man, he's a coward. With my wife Jodi, I think it's my job to protect her and stop anything bad happening in her life. Abusing your partner is the opposite of that. I want her to wake up and feel safe.

Treat everybody the same way you want to be treated

We're not as bad now but we still go out two or three nights a week and get absolutely plastered,

I know people mock us, but we do what we do. It is all about pop music and entertaining our fans. We don't pretend to be anything we are not, and while some may not like our music, there are plenty out there who do.

When I lived at home, I used to go out and not come back 'til three o'clock the next afternoon. I'm not so bad now, but I still like a party. I blame Bryan - he's a bad influence!

When we started off the band, we started it more as a vocal group,