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
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.
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.
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.