Clay Aiken Quotes

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Clay Aiken

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 30, 1978

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

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

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I had a Spanish teacher in high school. I rarely got in trouble in her room because I felt I was disappointing her if I got a bad grade. That had more power over me than teachers who told me I talked too much. That level of respect I had for her made me not want to fail for her.

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

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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.

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

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

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Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.

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I am never going to sound like Johnny Mathis.

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

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

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

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

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

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I auditioned just for fun.

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

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