137 Quotes by Clay Aiken

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

A song is like a smile. If you meet people from another country, even if you don’t speak the same language, you know what a smile means. A song works the same way. Music produces feelings that need no translation.

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.

If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God’s love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don’t feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.

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.

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

I’m around a lot of good people who keep me grounded and don’t let me get too high above my raisings. I have some good friends who don’t talk about my job, and that’s nice. Those are the friends who are my favorites. That helps a lot.

It’s a whole team of people working 24 hours around the clock to make me look like this.

Faith is not about a building or a lifestyle. You can minister in many ways besides attending services or being a preacher. And I think that that’s what I feel most thankful for – that I have the opportunity to minister now, in my own way.