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.

Overall Wright has released seven studio albums on various labels and has charted more than fifteen singles on the country charts. As of May 2010 Wright's previous eight albums had sold over 1000000 copies in the United States. On May 4 2010 Wright released both her memoir of being a closeted lesbian Like Me and her first album of new songs since 2005 Lifted Off the Ground.