Mickey Gilley Quotes

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• All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.
• A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.
• All I have to concentrate on is my performing.
• All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.
• Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to…
• I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be…
• I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.
• I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.
• My only failure was the restaurant in Myrtle Beach. I kept it open for four years. It was in a tourist town, it was only…
• I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of the…
• I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.
• I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.
• I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.
• If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.
• If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.
• If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.
• So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees,…
• When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name.…
• There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't…
• I don't own everything, I do have a partner.

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