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If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.
Clay Aiken
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Clay Aiken
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
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Clayton Holmes Aiken
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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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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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Actually, I dont hate cats, Im just kind of afraid of them.
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I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.
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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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I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.
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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.
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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 auditioned just for fun.
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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.
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Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?
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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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I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything.
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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 don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!
Clay Aiken
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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The message I'll share...is that inclusion is extremely important for kids with and without disabilities.
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You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.
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I 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.
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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.
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