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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.
- Mickey Gilley
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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
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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.
- 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.
- Mickey Gilley
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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
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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
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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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'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
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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
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A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.
- 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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Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star.
- Mickey Gilley
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I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.
- Mickey Gilley
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I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.
- Mickey Gilley
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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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