Kelly Clarkson Gives Open & Honest Interview to Howard Stern: 10 Highlights Including Surprising Thoughts on 'Breakaway,' Her Future in Dating, & Reaction to Bebe Rexha Incident

Kelly is not motivated by money

“What’s the point of all the money?” Kelly asked. “You see all these people with all this money and they’re not happy, they’re not living their best life, they’re freaking miserable, usually.”

“I like to pay my bills, but when you come from nothing, you realize you don’t need that to survive … you realize you’ll be fine, so I don’t put a lot of weight in that,” she added. “I think a lot of kids that grow up like me, they go one way or the other … you either don’t give it power or you give it all the power.”