Paul Anka Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“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.”

“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.”

“My demographic of people have been very supportive.”

“The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.”

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

“I wrote 'She's a Lady' on the back of a TWA menu, flying back from London after doing Tom Jones's TV show. Jones's manager wanted me to write him a song. If I have an idea and I don't have a pad of paper, I'll write on whatever is available. What's the difference? Paper is paper.”

“My father, my mother, and then my father was always on top of me - 'Keep your nose clean. Do you love what you're doing?' 'Yes.' 'Then be aware, or you're going to lose it.'”

“When I'm writing, I generally toy with an idea until it manifests itself - meaning a phrase or a tune comes into my head and eventually begins to jell. When something hits me, I write it down immediately. I don't wait, or it's gone.”