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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.

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Chely Wright
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 25
Activist
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Musical Artist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Kansas City
Missouri
Richell Rene Chely Wright
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In the first decade of my life, I came to know and love God, as I was raised in a Christian home and community.
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I'd like my writing to be recognized with a Grammy.
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I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.
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I'm a Scorpio, and who knows if there is any validity to it, but I'm very emotional. I have high highs and low lows.
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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
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I've saved every dime I've made in my life.
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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.
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Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.
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I'm very much a traditionalist, but I think it's important to know about tradition so that you can evolve the music you are deciding to make.
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I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.
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I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver.
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I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.
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I came along at a time when the industry was eating its young.
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