If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music. Chely Wright Read Quote
I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie. Chely Wright Read Quote
As a young girl, there were the obvious messages about what girls could and couldn’t achieve. And to compound the limitations I felt being leveled upon me, I realized at the age of nine, that I was gay. Chely Wright Read Quote
Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas led me to believe that everything was simple, everything made sense and that anything was possible. Chely Wright Read Quote
I’m very much a traditionalist, but I think it’s important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make. Chely Wright Read Quote
I would like to say when I turn the project over to the label that I have been successful. And that’s truly the way I feel. But, in addition to the self-pride in ‘making’ a good album, to be honest, I’d love to have a hit record. Chely Wright Read Quote
I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids. Chely Wright Read Quote
