Betty Wright
Betty Wright
Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name, Betty Wright, is a Miami-based soul and R&B singer-songwriter, who won fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight is the Night". A pioneering singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, she remains one of the few black female musicians to produce a gold record on her own vanity label...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth21 December 1953
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
My first love is my mother. She did so much for us as children as a single parent. I watched her make a dollar out of fifteen cents. I thought she was either a magician or she had God's actual phone number. She wasn't a motivational speaker; she was an inspirational speaker.
I like televangelism shows. I find it entertaining sometimes to see how a young person would deliver the word versus a old person.
You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label].
One thing you can't do to a fan is change their heart about somebody.
You just have to realize that no matter how delectable that meal looks, there's a chance that you might not get to eat it while it's hot.
You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct.
'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.