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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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Mickey Gilley
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 9
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Songwriter
Branson
Missouri
Mickey Leroy 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.
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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.
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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.
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All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.
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