Kelly Clarkson's a saver

Jul 13, 2007, 13:30 GMT

06/26/2007 - Kelly Clarkson - Kelly Clarkson Performs Live in Concert on a CBS Taping of The Early Show - Plaza at 59th St. - New York City, NY © Janet Mayer / PR Photos

Kelly Clarkson has boasted she never needs to work again.

The first 'American Idol' winner - who fired her manager Jeff Kwatinetz last month - claims she was rich enough to retire two years ago.

Kelly, 25, bragged to Reader's Digest magazine: "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 told her 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.”

The 'Miss Independent' singer recently fell out with 75-year-old Clive Davis, the Chief Executive of her record label RCA, because he didn't like the songs she had chosen for her latest album 'My December'.

Kelly said: "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?

"They hated 'Miss Independent' on my first album. It was number one 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.”

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