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

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Clay Aiken
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: November 30
Actor
Musician
Politician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Raleigh
North Carolina
Clayton Holmes Aiken
Shows
Something
Think
Thinking
Griffith
Andy
Carolina
North
Show

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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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