Mickey Gilley Quotes
"I've grown up with my audience; they're my age or older. Not a lot of kids are coming to see me."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Age, Kids)
"If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Now)
"If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Food, People, Will)
"If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Today)
"It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Now, Will)
"It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money, Now)
"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
(Related: Failure, Beach, Months, Open, Years)
"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."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Night, Trying, Worry)
"I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count."
- Mickey Gilley
"Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don't have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: People, Day, Help)
"I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money)
"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 want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: People, Act, Night, Want)
"All I want to do is do my shows and play golf."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Golf, Play, Want)
"A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it's nothing like if Elvis would've done something like that, 'cause he's so popular, or maybe The Beatles 'cause they stirred up a lot of action."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: People, Action, Nothing, Popular, Will)
"I'm set to have my best year ever: I'm hiring some acts and there will be a show in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening. I'm going to use my theater to its fullest potential."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Evening, Hiring, Potential, Theater, Will)
"All I have to concentrate on is my performing."
- Mickey Gilley
"I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue."
- Mickey Gilley
"All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money, Selling, Road)
"Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Thought)
"'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 a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money, Selling)
"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
(Related: People, Being, Famous, Name, Popular, Word)
"I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks."
- Mickey Gilley
"I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money, Songs)
"I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Money)
"I don't own everything, I do have a partner."
- Mickey Gilley
"A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances."
- Mickey Gilley
(Related: Public)