Mickey Gilley Quotes

Well, I got people that help me with the restaurant. I don’t have to be at the restaurant 24 hours a day.

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.

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.

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.

It’s the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now.

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.