Chely Wright
Chely Wright
Richell Rene "Chely" Wrightis an American country music singer and gay rights activist. On the strength of her debut album in 1994, the Academy of Country Musicnamed her Top New Female Vocalist in 1995. Wright's first Top 40 country hit came in 1997 with "Shut Up and Drive". Two years later, her fourth album yielded a number one single, the title track, "Single White Female". Overall, Wright has released seven studio albums on various labels, and has charted more than...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth25 October 1970
CityKansas City, MO
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.
I could kiss you in the rain forever Turn all your pain to pleasure Fill up all your days with sunlight Make the passion last every night Give you my every possesion Make you my only obsession Climb up to the sky and pull down all the stars above But I could never love you enough
I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.
I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.
It's a great feeling to be recognized by your peers. It's an even better feeling to be welcomed and accepted by country radio and its listeners. If desire is any part of this equation, then I'm a contender!
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.
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.
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.
In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.
If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.
I've learned a lot about my voice, and about things I can do with it. Maybe that's why my sound has become a little more pop.
I am a gay, Christian, farm girl from Kansas who sang Country Music and I did the very best I could do -- to know God and to share God.
I hear the word 'tolerance'-tha t some people are trying to teach people to be tolerant of gays. I'm not satisfied with that word. I am gay, and I am not seeking to be 'tolerated'. One tolerates a toothache, rush-hour traffic, an annoying neighbor with a cluttered yard. I am not a negative to be tolerated.
I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.