Clay Aiken Quotes

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

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

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.

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

There are 120 million kids in the world right now who don't go to school. Who have no education - who have no access to education.

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

I'm being trained to shake the bon-bon appropriately.

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

I did get a degree in special education.

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.

I auditioned just for fun.

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

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.

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

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

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 thought about that the other day after I went to the grocery store and had to sign fifteen autographs before leaving. On one hand, it's just so flattering. On the other hand, sometimes it would be nice to get the bread and leave, you know

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.