Paul Anka Quotes

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

  Paul Anka

  Moving On, Moved On, Dirt

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• 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 way.

  Paul Anka

  Travel, Way, End Is Near

  "My Way" (song) (1969). Translation of a French song by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux.

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• 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 that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

  Paul Anka

  Integrity, Mean, Knowing

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• The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

  Paul Anka

  Trends, Able

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• For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

  Paul Anka

  Song, Men, Feels

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• 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 got something that you love that you don't want to lose.

  Paul Anka

  Long, Growing, Want

  "Singer-songwriter Paul Anka". "Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 16, 2013.

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

  Paul Anka

  Song, Teenage, Stupid

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• You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.

  Paul Anka

  Giving Up, Grandmother, Laughing

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• And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

  Paul Anka

  Death, Inspirational Life, Finals

  My Way (1969 song; music by Claude Fran‡ois and Jacques Revaux)

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• There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

  Paul Anka

  Profound, Doubt, Spit

  Song: My Way, 2007

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• Regrets, I've had a few but then again too few to mention. And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

  Paul Anka

  Life, Regret, Way

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• I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes. ... The thing is to be able to outlast the trends. ... They are actually manufactured entertainment groups. They are a product of technology. What you are listening to is technology.

  Paul Anka

  Song, Teenage, Stupid

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• I believe in criticism.

  Paul Anka

  Believe, Criticism, I Believe

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• I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

  Paul Anka

  Song, Teenage, Stupid

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I respect Jay-Z. I like him.

  Paul Anka

  I Like Him

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• The technology is good and it's bad. You know what you're dealing with out there musically, but my head stops at this electronic stuff. I don't quite know what I'm dealing with out there yet.

  Paul Anka

  Technology, Stuff, Knows

  "Paul Anka, the original Canadian idol". Interview with Ben Rayner, www.thestar.com. April 16, 2013.

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

  Paul Anka

  Thinking, Israel, Ideas

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• I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very much an influence on me and everybody else. Once you get in that fold and you're around it, you get to experience something that I don't think we'll ever see again. There will never be anybody like Frank Sinatra. Ever.

  Paul Anka

  Thinking, Crafts, Influence

  "Singer-songwriter Paul Anka". "Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 16, 2013.

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

  Paul Anka

  Towns, Ottawa, Littles

  "Paul Anka, the original Canadian idol". Interview with Ben Rayner, www.thestar.com. April 16, 2013.

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

  Paul Anka

  Country, Perspective, Pace

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