Clay Aiken Quotes

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.

I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

A song can be more than words and music ... when sung with soul a song carries you to another world, to a place where no matter how much pain you feel, you are never alone.

Well, fortunately we found out that the runner-up our particular year was going to get a record contract also. So it was kind of a - it was bitter sweet but it was an opportunity.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities.

In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.

It's a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you to be-this process takes support. No one succeeds alone.

I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.

I auditioned just for fun.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

I want everyone to vote. I want everyone to be a part of electing officials. Because when we are not a part, when we don't have a very broad voter base, then we don't have true representation.

I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.

I did get a degree in special education.

I never knew that people made a club for me!

When the answer to all my dreams is as close as a touch away, why am I here holding back what I'm trying to say?

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!

I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.

As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

Love others and as you do, that love will return to you.

I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.

I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.

It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children later.

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

Every kiss is a kiss you can never get back.

I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

I'm tired and I don't know what day it is.

I really love live performing!