Paul Anka

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1,065 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · Paul Anka | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

So when I sat down and said, I want to do an album of songs I wish I'd written, I admired all those other guys.

You know, the one regret I had, William, I started taking piano.

And I had Mrs. Reese, who was my teacher.

This is like 13, 14.

Just like you with your guitar, you know.

And my dad was sending me to Juilliard.

This is before I hit.

I was going to Juilliard in New York because I was...

doing this i was singing in school and i was getting it what gets in the way i'm so young and you're so old you know four chords if you had four chords knew how to use them a guitar a piano you could write hit songs yeah that was it and i'm banging away i never got to juilliard and i never learned how to really be the musician i wanted to be knowing that

I was so proud of a guy where my uncle lived and he was a Canadian, Oscar Peterson.

Oh, okay.

You want to talk about great people?

Did you know Oscar?

Met him once.

Was there anybody?

You could talk about them all, right?

And we know all the parents.

Yeah.

And my parents would say, Oscar Peterson.

And we're so proud of him.

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