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" 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. "

Clay Aiken

Doing

Emotions

Words

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Clay Aiken

Working

Look

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Clay Aiken

Love

God

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Positive

Family

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God

Think

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Power

Dreams

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Clay Aiken

Bad

Teacher