Quotes from Clay Aiken

"Education is essential to a child's development. I hope that as an Ambassador I can encourage people to join UNICEF's mission to make education a reality for children throughout the world."

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

"There are 120 million kids in the world right now who don't go to school. Who have no education - who have no access to education."

“If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.”

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

“There is an amazing sense of hope, an amazing sense of promise, not only in the country but in the youth as well.”

“It is important that I make a difference.”

“In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.”

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