{"id":164111,"date":"2025-12-02T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/164111\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:52:08","slug":"paul-anka-opens-up-on-life-and-why-he-refuses-to-give-up-avoiding-smoking-and-drinking-its-just-that-you-have-to-respect-the-vessel-and-just-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/164111\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Anka opens up on life and why he refuses to give up, avoiding smoking and drinking: \u2018It\u2019s just that you have to respect the vessel and just do it’\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PaulLegendary singer Paul Anka, celebrating 70 years in music, shared insights into his enduring health and career. He attributes his well-being to avoiding smoking and drinking, alongside a disciplined routine of lemon juice, weekly fasting, and exercise. Veteran musician Paul Anka<\/a> recently reflected on the life and career he has led. In a recent interview, the star singer talked about all that he has been through in his 70 years in the music industry, and even delved into the secrets behind how he stays in good health.<\/p>\n

Paul Anka reflects on his 70-year career and the future<\/p>\n

The musician recently gave an interview to Page Six, where he ended up reflecting on his career path, why he chose music, and what he does to remain healthy. The star shared that, in order to ensure that he is in good health all the time, he has avoided smoking and drinking over the past years. He further added, \u201cI made up my mind that if I were going to continue to try and create\u2026 I gotta be in good health\u2026 and it\u2019s paid off. I drink lemon juice at a certain time\u2026 I fast once a week. I exercise, [I do] what I have to do. That\u2019s it. It\u2019s pretty simple. It\u2019s nothing new. It\u2019s just that you have to respect the vessel and just do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Anka about not giving up<\/p>\n

In another recent interview with USA Today, the veteran singer delved into how he still believes his day is coming and how, even after everything, he refuses to give up. He shared, \u201cIf you\u2019re standing still, they\u2019re throwing dirt on you. Curiosity is a beautiful thing. When I live within myself, I don\u2019t live as an 84-year-old \u2012 knock wood \u2013 I live like I\u2019m in my 50s \u2026 People ask about retirement, but how many books can you read? How many TV shows can you watch? I can still (perform). I own the space when I\u2019m onstage, and I don\u2019t want to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

All about Paul Anka <\/p>\n

Paul Anka rose to fame with \u2018Diana\u2019 and \u2018Put Your Head On My Shoulder\u2019 in the 1950s, and went on to have an extremely successful career. Some of his other, most popular songs include, but are not limited to, \u2018You Are My Destiny,\u2019 \u2018(You’re) Having My Baby,\u2019 \u2018Anytime,\u2019 and \u2018Let Me Try Again.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary singer Paul Anka, celebrating 70 years in music, shared insights into his enduring health and career. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[107534,156,12649,74303,111,139,69,107532,107533,437],"class_list":["post-164111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-84-years-old-musician","tag-entertainment","tag-health-tips","tag-music-career","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paul-anka","tag-refusal-to-retire","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}