Gilley Quotes & Sayings

Teacher gonna give me a lesson?" Her — Lauren Gilley

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

I'm not worried about that. Aidan loves Sam, and a man can do great things when he's motivated by love. Maggie — Lauren Gilley

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

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

Ah, sweetheart, she's not the one I want to bend back over my bike right now. Jesus ... Christ. — Lauren Gilley

His voice was different in the small, intimate spaces that existed when they were pressed together like this; it was sweet with a familiar sort of sleepiness, a voice just for her that the rest of the world didn't get to hear. — Lauren Gilley

A lost of people recognize me and maybe will ask for an autograph, but it's nothing like if Elvis would've done something like that, 'cause he's so popular, or maybe The Beatles 'cause they stirred up a lot of action. — Mickey Gilley

And God, the filthy things he'd murmured in her ear. It was just as he'd promised: heavy, and dirty, and sweaty, and yes, fun. He hadn't allowed her to be self-conscious or shy. He'd guided her hand to his hard cock and said, "That right there is because you're beautiful." Softly, right against her throat, almost sweetly: "Get outta your own way and tell me what you want." She — Lauren Gilley

Tam felt his hands twitch, longing to curl into fists, longing to put those fists into that motherfucking GQ model wannabe's face. — Lauren Gilley

Aidan and Carter had shown up about fifteen minutes ago with a pressure washer, lots of detergent, and a bad case of being mentally twelve. — Lauren Gilley

She didn't know if she cried for what she'd lost as a teenager, or for the confused tangle of emotions inside her now. Either way, Mike telling her that he was sorry against the top of her head was the only answer that made any sense. — Lauren Gilley

It was broken. It was haunted. Just like her.
But it had bones, and it had memories, and it had the ability to be something strong again. Just like her. — Lauren Gilley

How many times have you been slapped on dates?"
"Five," he said as he checked over his shoulder and eased back out into traffic. "So hit my left side if you're going to. The right's my pretty side."
"Which side is your modest side?"
"Don't have one. — Lauren Gilley

I always thought I was really thick. — Jeremy Gilley

World Peace Day is envisioned to become a moment of global unity - it is up to each and every one of us to make this a reality. — Jeremy Gilley

she was, whichever city or state, whatever mood she was in, there was nothing like a book store to fill her up with happiness. — Lauren Gilley

If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant. — Mickey Gilley

Mercy grinned. Do I smell a shotgun wedding? I've wanted to call you Daddy for so long now. — Lauren Gilley

She was this lovely little girl setting his world on fire. — Lauren Gilley

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

Everything starts with one step, or one brick, or one word or one day. — Jeremy Gilley

You can add new parts, baby," she imagined Maggie saying. "But you can't lose the parts of you that were already there. — Lauren Gilley

Fillette." He twisted his upper body toward her, so he could put both arms around her, press her back against the pillows and blot out the lamplight with his shoulder. "I only ever want to love you because it's you, and it's me, and I can't help myself." He whispered against her neck in French and she felt herself melting. — Lauren Gilley

Ben tasted like wine; felt animal beneath her hands; chased away the shadows until her room was only darkness, only them, nothing wicked. — Lauren Gilley

I was afraid," she said, "and I wanted to hear your voice. — Lauren Gilley

Forbidden, but fun! — Serena Gilley

I wanted to be special to you."
"Fillette, you were always that. — Lauren Gilley

The night was a runny, watercolor black, rain sighing high in the tree tops, rustling on the pavement. — Lauren Gilley

Dad." He flicked a glance toward her, but his eyes returned to the paper. "I know Drew's kind of an idiot, and I know better than to put any trust in him yet. — Lauren Gilley

She'd put her teeth in his heart, long ago, and he'd left the print there, evidence that he wanted her love. That he returned it. — Lauren Gilley

The South did not bustle and plow and struggle against the snow; it slept beneath it, the silence broken only by the chatter of hungry birds and the exuberant shouts of children using trash can lids as makeshift sleds. — Lauren Gilley

But women were complicated, subtle, and so much stronger than men always wanted to give them credit. They could swallow hurt whole and let it eat them from the inside out in a way none of his brothers ever could. And when they fought, their claws were sharper. — Lauren Gilley

The world is full of terrible things. But there are beautiful things, too, and you're one of them. — Lauren Gilley

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

I don't own everything, I do have a partner. — Mickey Gilley

We're in this together, and if we united and we inter-culturally cooperated, then that might be the key to humanity's survival. — Jeremy Gilley

I love you, he thought. And then left her. — Lauren Gilley

I'm your last choice," she said. "You tried everything, tasted everyone in Knoxville. And when the princess told you off, you came to me, the last ditch effort. — Lauren Gilley

Never before had he said such long strings of sentences in French before, like he did now. In the sheltering dark, his thrusts were slow, deep, sure, his hands digging bruises into her hips, the French rolling in thick purrs off his tongue; she had the impression it was sexual, whatever he said, the way the words caressed and encouraged her. — Lauren Gilley

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count. — Mickey Gilley

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

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

I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness. — Jeremy Gilley

All I have to concentrate on is my performing. — Mickey Gilley

Rejection is my fuel for awesome. Every no is one step closer to a yes. — Rene Gilley

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road. — 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. — Mickey Gilley

He was silent, and she finally gave him her full attention. "You're creepy, you know?"
A small grin plucked at one corner of his mouth. "I thought you liked strong silent types these days."
"There's silent, and then there's you. — Lauren Gilley

They'd dueled in the lamplight of her kitchen that night, savaging each other with accusations that could never be recalled. Now, he couldn't remember half of what they'd said, only the colors and lights and seething tide of fear all around them. He could still taste the acrid burn of unfairness. — Lauren Gilley

I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks. — Mickey Gilley

Nights like this," someone had told him, not so long ago, "feel like the world's waiting for something." He was sure, in hindsight, that on that night on a back step with a shared bottle of grocery store Pinot Noir, the girl beside him had wanted the two of them to be that something special. — Lauren 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. — Mickey Gilley

Ava wasn't the poor unsuspecting woman who'd let the wild thing into the house, she was the wild thing's mate, creeping indoors at his side ... — Lauren Gilley

What must it be like to be all James Dean and Steve McQueen in your leather and denim? Not giving a damn about anything? — Lauren Gilley

You can't love anything properly from a distance. — Lauren Gilley

When I was younger, I read a book by Frank Barnaby, this wonderful nuclear physicist - he said that media had a responsibility, that all sectors of society had a responsibility to try and progress things and move things forward. And that fascinated me, because I'd been messing around with a camera most of my life. — Jeremy Gilley

Do we have to have one of those woman conversations about it?" She felt her brows go up. "I'm sorry, what's that supposed to mean?" "Oh shit. We do." "Michael. — Lauren Gilley

Beautiful' isn't a feminine word. I don't even think it's a human word. It isn't what something looks like; it's what something is. — Lauren Gilley

Yeah. Were you nervous?" "No." Aidan rolled his eyes. "That makes me feel better." "You want me to lie?" Mercy's black brows jumped, grin teasing at one corner of his mouth. Growing more serious: "There wasn't anything I wanted more in the world than Ava. Lots of shit makes me nervous, but not being married." "You enjoy it, don't you?" "What's that?" "Making the rest of us look like unromantic assholes." Mercy chuckled. "Yeah. I kinda do. — Lauren Gilley

'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

When it comes to the fundamental issues that humanity faces, I think that solutions involve shifting consciousness towards cooperation. — Jeremy Gilley

Well aren't you just a ray of fucking sunshine. — Lauren Gilley

Dude," Mercy said. "I will fold you up and stuff you in this beer pitcher." "But — Lauren Gilley

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

Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time? — Mickey Gilley

Together we can decrease the level of violence, raise awareness of our activities and save lives around the world. The impact of a day of global ceasefire and non-violence cannot be underestimated. — Jeremy Gilley

Tango, ever the gentleman, gave her a wink. I don't have anything in my blood but beer and poor white trash. Figure I gotta get in good with these leader types. — Lauren Gilley

You know those lists that get put together? 'Top Ten Companies to Work For' and that kinda thing? Yeah, you are so not helping this be one of those places. — Lauren Gilley

Stupid's good. We can work with stupid. — Lauren Gilley

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

Mercy sighed noisily. "Man ... " He shook his head. "Can I give you a piece of advice? One fucked-up whackjob to another? We don't get a whole lot of good things handed to us in this life. When a very beautiful girl is brave enough to actually want to stick around, you don't let her go." Michael lifted his brows. "You marry her, and you hope to God she never comes to her senses." The — Lauren Gilley

Billingsly castle was holding its breath. Thunderheads rolled in from the hills, thick and white and folding over like biscuit dough, bubbling, boiling magenta along the edges where the skillet was the hottest. — Lauren Gilley

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances. — Mickey Gilley

His voice was friendly enough, but his gaze drilled into Mercy, an obvious challenge. Cute, Mercy thought. Not impressed, asshole. — Lauren Gilley

Heartbreak was never cured; it just went into remission. And here it came roaring back, leaving her feverish and weak and unable to move in the bright afternoon sun. It — Lauren Gilley

We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering. — Jeremy Gilley

Mercy felt a wide, humorless spread across his face. She's my conscience. My soul. The only part of me that hasn't gone all the way dark. No one fucks with her and gets out alive. — Lauren Gilley

Strong men need strong love, and a soft touch. Once you fall in love with a man like that, there's no going back to ordinary. — Lauren Gilley

Worry is allowing problems and distress to come between us and the heart of God. It is the view that God has somehow lost control of the situation and we cannot trust Him. A legitimate concern presses us closer to the heart of God and causes us to lean and trust on Him all the more. — Gary E. 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. — Mickey Gilley

He felt her heartbeat against his shoulder, through his jacket, light as raindrops. — Lauren Gilley

She took a deep breath and it was her eighteenth birthday; it was Jess's wedding and a summer evening at the pool; it was all those hundreds of times he'd been propped against her dorm building. And it was now, and she wanted to be this sophisticated, Audrey Hepburn-esque girl who gave him a coy smile and sauntered toward him, hips swinging. But this was Tam, and she wasn't sophisticated for crap. — Lauren Gilley

He checked the impulse, and darted a glance over his shoulder to see Mercy and Colin marching four duct-taped cartel boys in at gunpoint. "Look, boss," Mercy said with a dark laugh. "We've been making friends." "I — Lauren Gilley

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

Horny asshole? He's not the one leaving here with Truckstop Barbie. That would be you, sir, and you don't even know me, so I don't see why you should mind where I choose to direct my romantic affections. Her — Lauren Gilley

Well, Mercy was a talker, friendly in his fury, and something about that strategy always got him results. That, or it was just because he was fucking huge and liked to use an ice pick. Either — Lauren Gilley

A little fear's healthy. The day we stop being afraid is probably the day we stop being human. — Lauren Gilley

Back then I thought if you cut a record, you were automatically a star. — Mickey Gilley

But there was a flip side to his fastidiousness. He saw that now. It was a nose-in-the-air way of moving through the world. In every smoothed wrinkle, every perfected motion, there was an air of moral judgment, though he didn't intend it. There were people, he implied, who lived sloppy lives, and then there were people like him.
~Gilley — Lee Martin

We need to support the governments of the world to create the world we want and I also think we need to empower the UN so that the secretariat, the people who work day in and day out, know that the people are behind them. — Jeremy Gilley

Behind every strong man is a strong woman?" he guessed.
"Beside," Ghost corrected. "She's beside him. — Lauren Gilley

I have the restaurant, too. I serve Southwest, barbecue. — 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

Holding up my credit card so Gilley could see, I snipped it in half.
'You act like I don't have the numbers, expiration date, and security code memorized,' he mocked. — Victoria Laurie

For a wondrous golden second, they basked in the afterglow, not caring that it was four in the afternoon and they were naked in front of the windows. "I missed you," Ellie whispered right against his ear. "Don't ever think that I wasn't missing you like crazy all that time. — Lauren Gilley

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

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though. — Mickey Gilley

No. Those memories would not serve him here. Only the fury. That metallic, constant anger that knew neither emotion nor restraint. Emotionless, like the gators he'd grown up hunting, the black tide inside himself would rise to the occasion and like a puppeteer, he would take total control of the wicked things his hands would do. — Lauren Gilley

Tango tipped his head back against the bench, staring up at the denim-colored evening sky. This was the most dangerous, the most wonderful, the most daring addiction of all: life. — Lauren Gilley