Paul Anka

I respect Jay-Z. I like him.

— Paul Anka

I believe in criticism.

— Paul Anka

I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

— Paul Anka

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

— Paul Anka

I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.

— Paul Anka

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

— Paul Anka

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

— Paul Anka

My demographic of people have been very supportive.

— Paul Anka

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly…

— Paul Anka

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had…

— Paul Anka

I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and ev'ry highway, And more, much more than this, I did it my…

— Paul Anka

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there…

— Paul Anka

I don't think you can get an idea of what Israel is like until you get here. People don't realize what a…

— Paul Anka

As long as you're growing in your profession and you're respected, you're going to stay as clean as you can, because you've…

— Paul Anka

My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like…

— Paul Anka

Things began to pick up for me record-wise when in 1971 I wrote 'She's a Lady' for Tom Jones.

— Paul Anka

The technology is good and it's bad. You know what you're dealing with out there musically, but my head stops at this…

— Paul Anka

And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my…

— Paul Anka

If you're in pop music, you've got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the…

— Paul Anka

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And…

— Paul Anka

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had…

— Paul Anka

I wrote 'She's a Lady' on the back of a TWA menu, flying back from London after doing Tom Jones's TV show.…

— Paul Anka

When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into…

— Paul Anka

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him…

— Paul Anka

“On stage James Brown seemed like a wild man, but everything had to be perfect, offstage and on. Shoes shined, suits pressed,…

— Paul Anka

My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love…

— Paul Anka

You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most…

— Paul Anka