Casino gambling is colorful and dramatic and theatrical.
I used to want to gamble, too, until I was 20 and could actually go to a casino. Then I wasn't so crazy about the attitude.
A young woman with long hair and a short white halter dress walks through the casino at the Riviera in Las Vegas at one in the morning. It was precisely this moment that made Play It As It Lays begin to tell itself to me.
You see some of the weirdest people in Detroit casinos.
The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.
Some of the happiest times I ever saw my dad was times when I was with him in the casinos, and he had a good night.
In Vegas, everyone lets their hair down a little bit and it's a little looser. You expect to see some different stuff and hear some different stuff. Even the red carpet is different here.
There's just no quiet in Vegas.
