137 Quotes by Clay Aiken

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

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.

Every kiss is a kiss you can never get back.

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

I never knew that people made a club for me!

Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn't have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, "I'm not cut out for this." But I said, "I think I'm better than that, I can go try again." So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn't want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got.

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!

No matter what the situation you're in, if you're raised in a loving environment, that's the most important thing.

The only reason people go to bars is to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like.