Clay Aiken Quotes

"Can I be the next bachelor?" "I never thought I'd be an object of affection. That's the biggest surprise of the whole experience!"

"Perseverance. I got cut twice. I got cut in Charlotte. I didn’t have to go to Atlanta to audition. I could have said, “I’m not cut out for this.” But I said, “I think I’m better than that, I can go try again.” So I went to Atlanta and I made it through. Then I got cut the first time around. I could have told them I didn’t want to come back for the Wild Card show but I did and look how far I got."

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


"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."



"I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show."


"I'm tired and I don't know what day it is."


"I never knew that people made a club for me!"


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