Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
Clay Aikenis an American singer, songwriter, television personality, actor, author, politician and activist. Aiken was the 2014 Democratic nominee in the North Carolina 2nd congressional district election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth30 November 1978
CityRaleigh, NC
CountryUnited States of America
believe who-i-am people
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.
god ideas appreciate
I appreciate the idea of allowing people to have their own private walk with God. To me, God is about love, not condemnation.
teacher counting
But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.
children thinking one-day
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.
jobs hair shopping
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.
influence fame
It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.
art children together
I never want to produce anything that a family could not enjoy together. I never want to create art that would embarrass my own children later.
song strong kids
Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song- or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it'- isn't bad, it's just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did.
tv-shows special tvs
I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.
teacher kids differences
It's important that I make a difference in some way. If it's performing and touching someone that way, that's great; if it's being a teacher and helping some kid understand something, that's even better...
children acceptance people
In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.
children survival causes
UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?
congratulations thinking tv-shows
And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.
differences important making-a-difference
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.