Della Reese
Della Reese
Della Reese is an American nightclub, jazz, gospel and pop singer, film and television actress, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister, whose career had spanned six decades. She had also appeared as a guest on several talk shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth6 July 1931
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
people touching
Touching people is very rewarding to me.
white singers rays
I have the background singers of Ray Charles, the background singers of Smokey Robinson, and the background singers of Barry White and I built a choir around that.
long people known
People have known me for so long, I'm just Della to them.
husband want blind
I don't want my husband to push me around in a wheelchair. I don't want someone to lead me around because I'm blind.
mean sleep people
There are people much less fortunate than us, and I don't mean people hungry sleeping in the streets either
ghetto kind born
You see, I was born in the slums, that was before the ghetto. The ghetto was kind of refined; the slums was right there on the ground.
people god-love made
We have made people in the industry and the people that see us aware that God loves them
three pounds week
Now I walk every where I can. I also ride a stationary bicycle for a total of 30 minutes. I do it three or more times a week now and I have lost 20 pounds
thinking long littles
Sometimes I think the choir gets a little ticked with me because I haven't sung in a long time and I can sing
views different looks
Each week, from a different point of view, you get another look at God, and that's exciting to me.
giving-up southern cooking
I can still enjoy the foods I like I just eat much smaller portions now. And of course Ive had to give up that southern style way of cooking.
doing-what-you-love telling-the-truth seems
Its very seldom you get paid for doing what you love and telling the truth at the same time. It seems they dont often coincide.
life-is destroyed diabetes
You dont have to let your life be destroyed by diabetes. You can reclaim your life.
air trying
They started to try and keep us off the air in the beginning.