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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 busy four and half, five months of the year. But the bills kept coming all year.
Mickey Gilley
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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 that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.
Mickey Gilley
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All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.
Mickey Gilley
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I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue.
Mickey Gilley
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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. They want a piece of the action all the way through.
Mickey Gilley
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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, and do one or two matinees down through the year.
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If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.
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Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star.
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It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.
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If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.
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I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me.
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