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August 11, 2005
Mr. Paul Anka On That Infamous Tape: "I love it. It's great."
No disagreement on that one, Mr. Anka:
That was recorded 15 years ago by a real snake that we fired. We had a nice big moment on Howard Stern, where he played the tape and he absolutely agreed with it. He said "I've done that. I do that." And everybody does. I think any guy running a company gets the whole point of that tape. I'm a real stickler for detail, and I have a real strong responsibility to my audience. When I'm up on that stage, anything I do has to be as perfect as possible for the consumer and for whomever. I don't just go to work and take the check and run. What happened there was there were a lot of mistakes in the band, in the sense that we'd rehearsed it one way, and we'd have a cutoff, where everybody has to end together. The other thing was that we'd spent a lot of money getting guys dressed so there was uniformity. And the guys just dropped the ball.
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. #1, The Guys Get Shirts. #2, Where the fuck were you on the cut-off to My Way?
Thanks to Karol.