Making music that’s believable — and being believable as an artist — is very important to Kelly Clarkson. Kelly told us recently that she’s long been inspired by the women of music whose careers resonate with honesty and passion. (AUDIO INFO BELOW)

• And you can bet that believability is one quality that Kelly will be watching for when she chooses the aspiring artists that she’ll work with on the new competition series, Duets, premiering May 24th, at 8pm, ET, on ABC.
• Kelly is on the airwaves now with her very cool single, “Mr. Know It All.”

  Kelly Clarkson says that believability is one of the things that she admires and finds inspiring in other artists. (:26)
“I think the cool thing about country music, and not even just country music but just powerful women, you know, like Reba or Trisha or Dolly or Loretta or Annie Lennox or Whitney Houston, like, all these women, it’s more than just music. It’s just…I don’t know, it’s like a…you believe in it. You believe in all those artists. And it’s…I love that. Believability is my favorite thing in an artist, regardless of what genre, you know, you’re singing. I just…I want to believe what you’re singin’, and those women all have helped me.”