Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.
– Clay Aiken
I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.
– Clay Aiken
I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.
– Clay Aiken
I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.
– Clay Aiken
The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
I did get a degree in special education.
– Clay Aiken
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.
– Clay Aiken
But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.