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
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.
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.
One thing you can't do to a fan is change their heart about somebody.
You gotta' sell a million records before you talk about getting paid at a major [label].
I like televangelism shows. I find it entertaining sometimes to see how a young person would deliver the word versus a old person.
I've just learned that love is a very fleeting thing, so we - then we have it; we need to hold on to it but hold on to it in a gracious fashion. Not in the smothering but more so just a covering kind of love.
Hands down, Rick Ross is a genius. Hands down, Diddy is a genius. Hands down, Kanye is a genius. All of them.
I only intended to be married one time. But marriages are made; they don't just happen. It takes two.
I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.
All of my babies know that I preach all day... I ain't trying to hide no light under no bushel. Everybody needs a little light in their life, and when they need prayer, they know where to come because they know I love them all, and I ain't judging nobody.
'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.