“Being born in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in the very rural parts of Kansas…” — Chely Wright

If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.

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.

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

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.