Clay Aiken Quotes

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything.

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Well, financially it's a little bit better. But it's better than than when I was a teacher. But I kind of - it's allowed me to buy a house. And I've been able to help my mother with some stuff and my brother. So, that's nice.

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First of all, I usually don't watch (the talk shows) and someone else will tell me about them. And, heck, half the time, I think it's funny.

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

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

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A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don't speak the same language, you know what a smile means. A song works the same way. Music produces feelings that need no translation.

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I kind of had my life planned out for me. I'd be married at some point, have, you know, 1.5 children, and be a principal possibly one day. But I think that that was kind of my problem. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.

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

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Heck, it's just as insulting as when someone like you interviews me and asks a question like that, no matter how you word it. It's part of the game. You just do it.

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

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It's important that I make a difference in some way. If it's performing and touching someone that way, that's great if it's being a teacher and helping some kid understand something, that's even better...

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She's excellent. It's really great to have somebody, we see eye to eye, ear to ear, I guess, on a lot of the stuff that we both like. She helps me figure out how to slow down and that we make sure that this next album is as good as it can be.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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It's very rare that you get to go up and meet fans and especially at their house and surprise them. To come and knock on somebody's door is kind of a neat experience.

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

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

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Whether this ride lasts for one year or 10 years, I want to have a home base.

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I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path with ultimately reveal itself. My job is to be a decent human being no matter how rocky the road gets.

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The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him.

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

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I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.

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