Kelly Clarkson Quotes
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I have a huge voice, so it's a bit more like a Janis Joplin vibe than a younger rock vibe. And I think that's what throws people because they don't know how to take me. Even critics - they don't know how to swallow me because they're like, 'Well, she came up like a total pop act',
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They have me in the tabloids all the time without my makeup. My friends always show me. But I don't care. Everybody saw me on 'American Idol' with no makeup so you know what you're getting!
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When I went to Los Angeles right after high school, I got some acting jobs, and I never, ever wanted to be an actress! Public speaking and acting make me want to vomit. But I have never been nervous singing. When it comes to public speaking, I stumble on my words, sweat, and pull at my clothes.
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Everyone says I'm like the girl next door...Y'all must have really weird neighbors!
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I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don't like free weights, because I build muscle easily.
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My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.
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I'm very excited. The 12-year-old me is kicking myself.
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I'm cute - and God I hate that. Because that's not cool. I'm like your niece, and nobody wants to date their niece. It's the chubby cheeks. The whole reason people voted for me on American Idol is because I'm an everyday, normal girl.
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I don't obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it.
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My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.
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Everything changes, but beauty remains.
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I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly. I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
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Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!
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I'm thankful For the blessing And the lessons that I've learned with you By my side.
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I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.
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Hearing the Evanescence album you can obviously tell that David and Ben have a real passion for that big kind of background and I have a big voice and I like the music to match it, so it was a real dream team, ... They're both so different from each other and so different from me, but I think the three of us getting together just created such great songs.
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The fact that I get to do what I love and 14 years in, I'm still doing it - I don't know how anything could get better. Years, Get Better, Facts
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I put on the Hank Williams and the Patsy Cline and the Rosemary Clooney on vinyl - I'm not trying to be some cool indie-rock person, I just love the way it sounds - and throw on a T-shirt and jeans. In Texas, we practically come out of the womb in jeans.
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The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'
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I always get bored, and I like to do different things, but it isn't something I'm going to do in the near future.
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When I'm picking songs for an album I always want a song that I can relate to and that I have experienced. There's nothing worse than watching an artist try and sell a song that isn't believable coming from them.
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I still watch 'Idol,' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.
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My whole point is like, well, if I'm the pop star, then it should be whatever I am. There's, you know, room for Katy Perrys and Adeles and Rihannas and Lady Gagas and Ke$has and me and Pinks. I think what's great about all of us is that we represent something different.
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This is my life; these are my fingerprints; I'm unique; this is what I want to do. You worry about your own front porch and what's happening in your own world.