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

Clay Aiken

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Clay Aiken
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
Actor
Musician
Politician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Raleigh
North Carolina
Clayton Holmes Aiken
Fame
Influence
Money

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I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I'm trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model.
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I'd hate to have a job where I had to be rude to people.
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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.
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But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.
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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.
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I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.
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And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.
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The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.
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Actually, I dont hate cats, Im just kind of afraid of them.
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I liked being able to work with all the different producers and take what they brought to the table and bring my own style to it.
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The only reason people go to bars is to get drunk and have sex. To me, bars are what hell is like.
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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.
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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.
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I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.
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I auditioned just for fun.
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If I'm signing autographs and I see one hundred people in a line I've got to remind myself, That person is one one-hundredth of my day, but to them I'm their day. You know what I mean? Unless they meet J.Lo later on.
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I 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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