137 Quotes by Clay Aiken

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 mean, that’s kind of what this business is about in some ways. You’re trying to make everybody like you. But you can’t do that. You can’t force everybody – anybody to like you if they’re just not willing to do it.

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.

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

As long as you’re living right, then you don’t have to worry about what people see.

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

I had been told by a number of people that if you get half of what you want on your first album, you’re doing really well. Pretty much every single thing they had was something that I liked. There were maybe one or two songs I didn’t like, and they were taken off the album quickly.

I want everyone to vote. I want everyone to be a part of electing officials. Because when we are not a part, when we don’t have a very broad voter base, then we don’t have true representation.

I’m religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.