38 Quotes by Chely Wright

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.

If I have a hit, then I hope the people who like the hit song go out and buy my album so they can hear it all.

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 recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.

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 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’m not a Democrat, I’m not a Republican-I’m an American, I’m a human.