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 More Quotes by Mickey Gilley More Quotes From Mickey Gilley If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up. Mickey Gilley labels majors today I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count. Mickey Gilley drawers knives know-how 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 audience 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 albums pockets cutting If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant. Mickey Gilley restaurants good-food people 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 best-year morning 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 night two years 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 guy rights names 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 want night people I don't own everything, I do have a partner. Mickey Gilley partners I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it. Mickey Gilley knows trying mean 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 things in my personal appearances. Mickey Gilley records names country All I want to do is do my shows and play golf. Mickey Gilley want play golf A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances. Mickey Gilley records vehicle appearance All I have to concentrate on is my performing. Mickey Gilley performing All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road. Mickey Gilley selling-products selling made 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 records causes pay 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 would-be names people I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks. Mickey Gilley sells I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though. Mickey Gilley airline lots-of-money tanks