Top 90 Kelly Clarkson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “God will never give you anything you can’t handle, so don’t stress.”

— Kelly Clarkson

2. “I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly. I’ll do what it takes till I touch the sky.”

— Kelly Clarkson

3. “You should know that I lead, not follow.”

— Kelly Clarkson

4. “Gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away. I won’t forget the place I came from.”

— Kelly Clarkson

5. “Everyone is different: different shapes, sizes, colors, beliefs, personalities, and you have to celebrate those differences.”

— Kelly Clarkson

6. “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.”

— Kelly Clarkson

7. “Pick the weeds and keep the flowers.”

— Kelly Clarkson

8. “It’s ignorant to think you know everything about a person. There’s many different sides to everybodys personality and there’s just different colours to a personality.”

— Kelly Clarkson

9. “Honestly, I just think we all have special gifts, everyone. You know, obviously, some are more noticeable than others and that’s why there’s the limelight. Everybody’s in it.”

— Kelly Clarkson

10. “I never said I was a ‘good girl.’ I’m not a bad girl.”

— Kelly Clarkson

11. “I wish I had a better metabolism. But someone else probably wishes they could walk into a room and make friends with everyone like I can. You always want what someone else has.”

— Kelly Clarkson

12. “People like us we gotta stick together Keep your head up nothing lasts forever.”

— Kelly Clarkson

13. “Life’s too short to be a pushover.”

— Kelly Clarkson

14. “Everything changes, but beauty remains.”

— Kelly Clarkson

15. “My experiences remind me that it’s those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.”

— Kelly Clarkson

16. “I may not be Einstein but I know dumb plus dumb equals you.”

— Kelly Clarkson

17. “By keeping her heart protected, she’ll never ever feel rejected.”

— Kelly Clarkson

18. “Confidence is seen, not heard.”

— Kelly Clarkson

19. “I’m always going to live in Texas. Texas is my home – it’ll be my home forever.”

— Kelly Clarkson

20. “I don’t obsess about my weight, which is probably one of the reasons why other people have such a problem with it.”

— Kelly Clarkson

21. “If I can wake up everyday before I die and know that I don’t have to serve anyone food or drinks, I will be happy!”

— Kelly Clarkson

22. “I never said I was a ‘good girl.’ I’m not a bad girl. I’m just normal, and that’s what I’m going to be. There’s no bad girl with whips and chains that’s going to come out. I think people like me because I was myself.”

— Kelly Clarkson

23. “Now all that’s left of me, is what I pretend to be. So together, but so broken up inside.”

— Kelly Clarkson

24. “The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn’t matter what mood you’re in or what kind of a year you’ve had; it’s a fresh start.”

— Kelly Clarkson

25. “I’m not super conservative, and I have no problem with people being risque or owning your sexuality or even putting it out there. I have a problem when it’s all you are because you’re not being fair to yourself; you have more depth than this.”

— Kelly Clarkson

26. “Since you’ve been gone, I can breath for the first time.”

— Kelly Clarkson

27. “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.”

— Kelly Clarkson

28. “I’m actually not a big fan of the word hope. I think it’s a depressing word. I don’t want to hope – I want to know. Like I don’t hope there’s a God, I know there’s a God.”

— Kelly Clarkson

29. “You don’t know a thing about me.”

— Kelly Clarkson

30. “Everybody always says that I’m the girl next door, which makes me think that y’all must have a lot of weird next-door neighbours.”

— Kelly Clarkson

31. “I’m sorry I’m crying again on national television.”

— Kelly Clarkson

32. “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.”

— Kelly Clarkson

33. “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.”

— Kelly Clarkson

34. “I’ve never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.”

— Kelly Clarkson

35. “I love my body. I’m very much OK with it. I don’t think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight, it is other people.”

— Kelly Clarkson

36. “Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs.”

— Kelly Clarkson

37. “No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.”

— Kelly Clarkson

38. “I know a lot of artists say, ‘If you want your song on my record, I get 50 per cent’ I’d like to kick them in the face.”

— Kelly Clarkson

39. “I just blow-dry my hair and put on mascara and lip gloss, and I’m ready to go. I really don’t get long nails. They’re so Edward Scissorhands.”

— Kelly Clarkson

40. “People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I’m blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.”

— Kelly Clarkson

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41. “I’m not that girl who’s really concerned with it. I’ve dated a bit and it’s just draining to me. If it’s not going to happen natural, obviously it’s going to be someone in the industry because that’s the only time people ever really see me.”

— Kelly Clarkson

42. “I live on a ranch in Texas and do my own thing. And I don’t care what anyone has to say about it. My joke is that the only people I’m trying to please are myself and my fans, because they’re the ones buying my records. And I have the best, most loyal fan base ever.”

— Kelly Clarkson

43. “The question I love to get asked is: ‘What’s the hardest part of your job?’ And literally, the answer is probably real sad, but it’s to just to be me. Like, it’s really hard, because I think people, you know, have a set idea of what a pop star should be.”

— Kelly Clarkson

44. “Oh, there’s all these rumors that I’m a lesbian. I have a boyfriend now, Brandon Blackstock; my manager Narvel’s son, Reba McEntire’s stepson.”

— Kelly Clarkson

45. “I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting. It’s what I wanted to do, so we went.”

— Kelly Clarkson

46. “I sound the same regardless if I’m 20 pounds heavier or 20 pounds light, and I think that’s the key thing with my fans and why they continue to be loyal because I’m that type of person.”

— Kelly Clarkson

47. “My happy weight changes. Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more. I’ll be different sizes all the time.”

— Kelly Clarkson

48. “I do cardio. I run. I strength-train using my own body weight. I don’t like free weights, because I build muscle easily.”

— Kelly Clarkson

49. “I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.”

— Kelly Clarkson

50. “I feel like as a generation, we sell ourselves short. I just expected more from us.”

— Kelly Clarkson