American - Musician | December 21, 1953 -
When I started out, even though you had your rhythm section, they were big horn sections, strings, live people laying on every part of the floor in the studio waiting for their chance to get on that one little track.
Betty Wright
LiveWaitingPeopleChanceYouOut
I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.
LoveCompetitionMeRunAlwaysNext
I've just learned that love is a very fleeting thing, so we - then we have it; we need to hold on to it but hold on to it in a gracious fashion. Not in the smothering but more so just a covering kind of love.
LoveLove IsFashionKindMoreNeed
I learned that as much as you think when you're walking down that aisle that this forever, sometimes it's just not forever. You can have the best of intentions.
BestThinkWalkingYouDownForever
There's always a time when you think you've done your last song or you've written your last rap or, you know, people are not checking for you.
TimePeopleSongThinkYouKnow
All of my babies know that I preach all day... I ain't trying to hide no light under no bushel. Everybody needs a little light in their life, and when they need prayer, they know where to come because they know I love them all, and I ain't judging nobody.
LifeLoveLightDayPrayerHide
Sometimes when you have a song, you listen to it and say, 'It's OK. It's music to drive to.' But then there are songs where you can actually hear it as a movie.
MusicSongDriveYouSometimesSay
There have always been female artists and singers putting bands together all the time. But we were not always getting credit for that because we didn't know any better.
TimeTogetherBetterCreditKnow
I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done with the music, it's amazing.
LoveMusicPeopleAmazingYouDone
I used to hate sampling, but it was basically because everyone was getting paid but us. But when they began to do the legislation and get it right, I realized that the kids just did something that, if maybe we were smart enough, we would have done it as well.
HateSmartEnoughDoneRightUsed
I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.
WritingAdviceTellGiveRecords
I try to study the background of the country I am in and what were my hits there, so I can at least give them some of what they want. It's like a wedding - give them something old, something new, something borrowed and definitely something blue!
I AmBlueWeddingI CanCountryNew
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Betty Wright quotes