Ronan Keating 从12岁时就开始写歌，和好友组过团，叫NAMESTE。曾经加入学校的合唱团，但被踢出来，因为合唱团的老师说他不会唱歌。虽然是老么，3个哥哥一个姐姐，但他做过各式各样的工作。在鞋店打过工，进入BOYZONE时还在学校念书，刚成立时与团员晚上在校园和青少年常去的俱乐部表演，每天作二到三场的演出，但是在空闲时，还帮父亲修卡车，帮忙母亲的美发沙龙！一直的梦想是成为像TAKE THAT那么红的团员，直到成为BZ一员，成为主唱，他才真正找到自己心目中的理想事业。

热门单曲When You Say Nothing at All 成为电影《 Notting Hill 》的插曲。 1995年Alison翻唱了Keith Whitley的《When You Say Nothing at All 》被一名乡村电台DJ播放后，每天收到如浪潮般的点播率，开启了乡村音乐的一个新传奇，同时也为Alison收获了一座格莱美。

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart 　Without saying a word 　　You can light up the dark 　　Try as I may I could never explain 　　What I hear when you don't say a thing 　　The smile on your face 　　Lets me know that you need me 　　There's a truth in your eyes 　Saying you'll never leave me 　　The touch of your hand says 　　You'll catch me whenever I fallYou say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking out loud 　　But when you hold me near 　　　　You drown out(1) the crowdTry as they may they can never define(2)What's been said between your heart and mine 　　The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me 　There's a truth in your eyes 　　Saying you'll never leave me 　 　　The touch of your hand says 　　You'll catch me whenever I fall 　　　　You say it best when you say nothing at all 　

The smile on your face Lets me know that you need me 　There's a truth in your eyes 　　Saying you'll never leave me 　 　　The touch of your hand says 　　You'll catch me whenever I fall 　　　　You say it best when you say nothing at a

1) drown out (声音) 盖过，压过 The speech of the anchorwoman was drowned out by the applause. (2) define 定义,详细说明 Do you know who defined man as a rational animal?