Clay Aiken
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?
Clay AikenMy own personal position is that it's much more special to wait for the person who you're married to.
Clay AikenI realized, I'm never gonna be a Brad Pitt, so get over it, be happy with yourself, and move on.
Clay AikenI think that is what love is - when it's unimaginable to be away from the person, and you care about what makes them happy more than what makes you happy.
Clay AikenI talk to friends of mine who are now teaching; they've graduated and they have classrooms. And I get really jealous, and I get really excited talking to them about their classrooms, and I want one. I think I'd be happy.
Clay AikenI have one brother who's in the Marine Corps, he's just stationed out at 29 Palms. He just enlisted this past year, finished his boot camp and his training at Parris Island in South Carolina.
Clay AikenIf you're in the public eye, you're either a womanizer or you're gay. I'm neither one.
Clay AikenIt'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 AikenThere's nothing so wrong that it can't be easily fixed or easily ignored. I just let things roll off.
Clay AikenI auditioned just for fun.
Clay AikenI think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.
Clay AikenI 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.
Clay AikenIf I'm supposed to carry the banner for all the nerds in the world, I'm fine with that.
Clay AikenIt's okay for musicians not to be womanizers.
Clay AikenWhat I wanted to do was work with kids with behavioral and emotional handicaps. It's a puzzle, learning each child, because each child is different.
Clay AikenI 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.
Clay AikenI'm a realist, I'm not an optimist. I don't want false hope. I don't know where this is going for me.
Clay AikenBut I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.
Clay AikenThere are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.
Clay AikenMy mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.
Clay AikenIn my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
Clay AikenI hesitate to call myself a sex symbol. Lord help the sex symbol world if I'm one of them.
Clay AikenI think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.
Clay AikenAnd I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.
Clay AikenWell, 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