Words matter. These are the best Clay Aiken Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!
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.
I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn’t raised that way, and I’m not going to raise a child to do that.
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.
Actually, I don’t hate cats, I’m just kind of afraid of them.
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.
I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It’s at the point now where it’s old.
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 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.
In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
It’s a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.
I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.
I did get a degree in special education.
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.
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.
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?
I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.
And I don’t think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you’re on.
No matter what the situation you’re in, if you’re raised in a loving environment, that’s the most important thing.
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.
I really love live performing!
I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don’t fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren’t a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.
