The more I learn and read about Kelly Clarkson, the more I like and admire her. The following quotes are from an interview that she gave in the new issue of Reader's Digest.
On making her albums:
“There’ve been a lot of cooks in the kitchen on all three of my albums.
Everybody wants a success, so that’s great. On the other hand, the
kitchen gets real crowded.”
On the RCA Records haters:
“They hated Miss Independent on my first album. It was No. 1 for six
weeks, then they got behind it. They hated Breakaway. The song I wrote
that they hated the most was Because of You. I fought and fought for
it, it became successful and they finally got behind it. I’m not
complaining, I’ll just say no until I get my way, and I did.”
On rumors that Clive Davis didn’t like her new album, My December:
“I just want people to hear it, instead of 100-year old executives
making decisions on what’s good for pop radio. It’s people my age who
listen to it. My gut hasn’t been wrong yet, so why wouldn’t I continue
to follow it?”
On American Idol:
“I did my own hair and makeup for the first half of the shows. What you
saw us wearing was our stuff from home. We’d be in a magazine under the
heading ‘What Was She Thinking?’ I was like, I’m thinking I ain’t got
no money.”
On money:
“I have saved and saved, and I don’t have to work another day. When I won Idol
and started working with a business manager, she asked, ‘What do you
want?’ I was like, I don’t ever want to have to make a decision because
I need money. So we accomplished that two years ago, and I’m set.”
I've been listening to Kelly Clarkson's new CD the past week. The music stays on your mind and I personally love it. I agree her honesty is utterly endearing and refreshing--once when Oprah asked her about dieting she said something like, "Sometimes I eat well, and sometimes I just want to eat twinkies!" Cheers!
Posted by: Robyn | July 13, 2007 at 05:05 PM
Amen Marc. I just posted your entry in its entirety on my blog.
Posted by: Ian | July 14, 2007 at 11:56 AM