Quotes from Clay Aiken

I'd never take a job where I had to do something that I didn't want to do.

When the answer to all my dreams is as close as a touch away, why am I here holding back what I'm trying to say?

We need to make sure that the laws we're passing are protecting people. And we should not be voting against something that makes progress just because it doesn't make as much progress as we'd like to see made. As much as I might like to see any number of issues progress in larger steps, I understand that some of these things happen in smaller steps. And so for that reason, progress is progress. And success is success.

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.

Love others and as you do, that love will return to you.

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.

It doesn't really matter to me how I make a difference, I just wanna make sure that I do.

People are not being paid enough, and we have not increased the minimum wage -- and we should be incentivizing the people who go to work. We should make working full-time something that will pay a living wage.

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

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.

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.