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Mickey Gilley

"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."

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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."

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Donna Grant

"The night creeps in by subtle degrees while a show of fierce colors attracts and distracts me. I look up, suddenly aware of remote lights scattered overhead. I gasp as the last streak of fire dies on the horizon, and I comprehend it all too late. That crafty, dark night has swallowed my world whole."

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Donna Grant

"Dread of night. Dread of not-night."

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Donna Grant

"I'm afraid of the dark, so I have a lot of night-lights."

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Donna Grant

"How lovely are the portals of the night, when stars come out to watch the daylight die."

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Donna Grant

"You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long."

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Donna Grant

"The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night."

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Donna Grant

"I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena."

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Donna Grant

"We didn't let a night go by that we didn't play."

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Donna Grant

"I remember in the early days when we played six nights a week for a month and I was doing my long drum solo every night. My hands were covered in blisters."

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Donna Grant

"I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again."

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Mickey Gilley
"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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Mickey Gilley
"It's the same with the ballplayers. Babe Ruth spent a lot, too and the ballplayers make a lot more money now."

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Mickey Gilley
"I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it."

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Mickey Gilley
"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."

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Mickey Gilley
"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."

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Mickey Gilley
"If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up."

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Mickey Gilley
"I had seventeen No. 1 songs and I didn't see anything like that kind of money."

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Mickey Gilley
"All I want to do is do my shows and play golf."

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Mickey Gilley
"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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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."

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