Clay Aiken
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"Clayton Holmes" ""Clay"" "Aiken" is an American singer, songwriter, television personality, actor, author, politician and activist. Aiken was the 2014 Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic nominee in the North Carolina's 2nd congressional district/North Carolina 2nd congressional district United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina, 2014#District 2/election.

Aiken began his rise to fame placing second on the American Idol (season 2)/second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. He and the 2003 Winner Ruben Studdard were both offered recording contracts by RCA Records, and his multi-platinum debut album Measure of a Man (Clay Aiken album)/Measure of a Man was released in October 2003. He released four more albums on the RCA label: Merry Christmas with Love (2004), A Thousand Different Ways (2006), and the Christmas EP, All Is Well (Clay Aiken)/All is Well (2006). His fourth studio album (the first album of original material since 2003's Measure of a Man), On My Way Here was released on May 6, 2008.

After the release of On My Way Here, Aiken left RCA and later signed with Decca Records. His first album with Decca, Tried and True, was released June 1, 2010 and his second Steadfast, was released March 26, 2012.

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The greatest glory never comes from winning, but from rising each time you fall. A person is defined by what he chooses to do with his life, not by what happens to him.

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 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.

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

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.

I'm religious. I think this is something God had planned for me.

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

Actually, I don't hate cats, I'm just kind of afraid of them.

I don't understand why people like me! It doesn't make any sense!