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'I could give a crap about being a star. I've always just wanted to sing and write," Clarkson tells Elle magazine in the magazine's July 2007 issue. "My resistance upsets a lot of people, because we could make a lot of money. And I'm not hatin' on money. But you know in Funny Girl, when they make Barbra Streisand sing the 'beautiful girl' song, and she is singing these lyrics, and she knows she's not that person? I'm just not comfortable doing things that don't feel like me."

Clarkson has been embattled in a feud with RCA chairman Clive Davis over the musical content of her upcoming third album "My December, which she either wrote or co-wrote every one of the 14 tracks on. While Clarkson finished recording "My December" in January, it won't be released by RCA until June 26 because Davis reportedly "sat" on "My December" for four months hoping the Idol winner would use the same producers who helped her craft 2004's "Breakaway," which won a 2006 Grammy for best pop vocal album and has since sold 10 million copies.

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"I've sold more than 15 million records worldwide, and still nobody listens to what I have to say," Clarkson told Elle as she explained how she spurned a more pop vibe in exchange for something more personal for "My December." She also offered a reason as to why her record label didn't listen to the new sound she created for herself.

"Because I'm 25 and a woman," she told Elle. "I am a good singer, so I can't possibly be a good writer. Women can't possibly be good at two things. I haven't lost my temper about it. It only drives me more. If your thing is to bring me down, cool. I'll just work harder."

While Davis might not be a big fan of the musical material written by Clarkson, it was recently recognized by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), which presented Clarkson with its 2007 song of the year award for "Because of You," a "Breakaway" single that she wrote when she was 16-years-old.

"The label didn't even acknowledge her ASCAP awards," Clarkson's manager Jeff Kwatinetz told Elle. "It's upsetting. They don't want her to be a songwriter. They just want her to shut up and sing. They want her to stay their little American Idol."

Davis and RCA might not have paid attention, but Clarkson's hard work on her third album hasn't gone completely unnoticed, as she's received support from within Sony BMG -- RCA's parent company -- as well as from Idol judge Simon Cowell, who told Elle that Clarkson "isn't aware of how good she really is" before adding she's the best Idol champ yet "without question."

"I can't think of anyone who sings better than Kelly Clarkson," Idol co-creator Simon Fuller told Elle. "She is the best young singer in the world right now. She is a global superstar. And fans really identify with her, because of her openness. You feel like she is a friend, that you know her. That sets her apart."


"It was the depth of her voice that struck me," Beck told Elle of Clarkson's Idol Gives Back performance. "She's got this maturity, you know, this fully developed soul voice that I wasn't expecting. It just knocked me out. It was quite riveting to listen to. At one point, the audience started to stand up. They were so moved by her. She's got that quality that demands attention, which is rare."