Quotes about Mic

When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing. Votes: 4

Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet, I send out the scribe, now the vibes gigantic. Votes: 3

Honestly, I never really put the mic down. Votes: 2

I used to stand in front of the mic and cry. Votes: 2

The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over. Votes: 2

I wanna be able to stand on the stage and hold out the mic and people sing all the lyrics to my song. Votes: 2

We don't live in an ancient era. Today, collaboration doesn't mean two singers standing next to each other at the mic to sing together. Votes: 2

I'm a huge karaoke fan. Oh my God. I'm one of those girls who don't give the mic away. It's a problem. I'm a closeted pop star. Votes: 2

Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems. Votes: 2

Anybody with a sharp brain and a mic can become a comedian, but there's a need to move beyond it. The audience wants to witness the marriage of theatre, comedy and something more. Votes: 2

Honestly, I'd love to be remembered as one of the best to ever pick up a mic, but if I'm doing my part to lessen some racial tension I feel good about what I'm doing. Votes: 2

I often take things I find in vintage crawls and hand them to a very good seamstress, who then replicates them and makes a more robust version in different colors, with a pocket for my mic pack. Votes: 2

We were gradually playing larger venues and in the early days PA systems were kind of non-existent. So to play loud, we had to use louder equipment. The PA systems back then didn't mic the instruments - only the vocals. Votes: 2

I play Rock Band, which is Guitar Hero times ten. You can play with four people, so when you have parties, you have a real band. Nobody ever wants to sing, so I'm always the one throwing down on the mic. Votes: 2

I'll never forget when we played Shepherd's Bush in London. We played 'I Run To You', and we put the mic out for the last chorus, and you could hear them singing the chorus with the beautiful accent that they have. Votes: 2

I was 18 when I started. I was hanging out with some friends and they asked if I had tried stand-up before. I hadn't, but I thought: 'What the hell?' So I went to an open mic night, and I liked it. Votes: 2

I normally work like a vampire. Around 8 to 9 P.M., what I call 'the spirits' actually show up, and then I just go in the booth and scream on top of a track. I only sing on the mic. I don't sit down and write anything. Votes: 2

My live sound does not work in the studio, which is a completely different animal. Every little thing is detrimental to the sound. And if someone moves a mic, you've lost it. It's pretty much a case of 'lock the door and set up a police line.' Votes: 2

During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it. Votes: 2

Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic. Votes: 2

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say. Votes: 2

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare, 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying, 'Sir, there is a man at the musical gates saying he is here to save R&B.' Votes: 2

For me, the moment the mic is on and it's rolling, it's impossible to vocally relax for some reason. But one day, I'm going to be able to sing the way I sang when I was a little kid, completely open and free. That's, I think, the one thing that's changed: Growing older, I'm not ashamed to hear my voice. Votes: 2

I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face. You just have to forgive yourself and keep going on. Votes: 2

Back in the day, when the D.J. would be playing a record, I'd be on the mic trying to hype up the crowd. So once Public Enemy became a rap group, I decided that that's the role that I wanted to take on. I wanted to be the one that was hyping, because I've always been good at it. I can hype up any crowd. Votes: 2

I can totally identify with the younger kids. I'll never do what Jon Spencer did to me when I was 16, though. I made a tape with my friends and I put it onstage right near his mic stand by the pedal board and he pulled it out with his foot, kicked it to the center of the stage, looked me in the eye and stomped it to pieces. Votes: 2

Cars' has been a godsend. I mean, I get paid to talk into a mic. Honestly, I had no idea it would become as big as it did. When I first got the part of Mater, it was actually a small part. I did the voicing for it, though, and the animators liked it so much they rewrote the original script so that Mater could be in it more. Votes: 2

If rhyme is a crime, my mic is my co-defendant. Votes: 0

Bullying new comics at open mic nights? NOT ON MY WATCH! Votes: 0

I would show up at any venue that had an open mic. Votes: 0

I admire anyone who can walk across a stage to the mic and not trip. Votes: 0

You're your worst critic, and I don't like the way I sound on the mic. Votes: 0

[I've] learned how to pull the mic away and attack the poetry with my body. Votes: 0

Any take, anything that's recorded while the mic is on, that could be the final take. Votes: 0

I smoke on the mic like Smokin' Joe Frazier, The hell raiser, raisin' hell with the flavor. Votes: 0

I play chess, but my past is checkered, The mic and I are like staff and shepherd. Votes: 0

'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system I was born to rage against 'em Votes: 0

That's right I never hold my tongue for saving face Even the mic feedback will humm "Amazing Grace" Votes: 0

All I need is one mic . All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man. Votes: 0

My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs. Votes: 0

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic. Votes: 0

Performing live actually thrills me. Just get me a stage, get me a mic, and I'm going to be happy. Votes: 0

Live audiences love me because I'm singing and actually am able to f**k with people live over the mic. Votes: 0

I should have blown this mic like I said I might Got the force of 20 men like a Jedi Knight. Votes: 0

Every time you see me that Hammer's just so hype I'm dope on the floor and I'm magic on the mic Votes: 0

My first open mic was fantastic. I crushed. And my second mic was as bad as my first one was good. Votes: 0

And I'll break, when I'm through breakin, I'll leave you broke, Drop the mic when I'm finished, and watch it smoke Votes: 0

Ladies love me when I spray the mic But there aint no "I" in snuggling Aint no "U" in "Stay the night" Votes: 0

Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin' I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn Votes: 0

I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke, Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke. Votes: 0

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic. Votes: 0

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, You should give it a go in London. Votes: 0

Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops. Votes: 0

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.' Votes: 0

I remember performing on a punk stage with no mic in the middle of a mosh pit. My act was called "How to Be a Domestic Goddess." Votes: 0

My first open mic, I drank a full pitcher of beer by myself. I wasn't afraid of being in front of people as much as, Is this funny? Votes: 0

I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat. Votes: 0

I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic night at a Greenwich Village café. Votes: 0

I think when you do radio there's a certain amount of freedom that when you walk in and sit down and turn the mic on, it's you. It's all you. Votes: 0

Who knew, when you were watching the Verizon ad and the guy said, 'Can you hear me now,' that was really just a mic check for the Obama administration. Votes: 0

Are you tired of lyrical liars, passing fliers, Wannabe MC's, but really good triers, Tripping over mic cords, getting you bored, A total fraud, this kind of thing I can't afford! Votes: 0

I might not be able to hold my drink or my man, but what I can hold, is a tune. Point me in the right direction and give me a bloody mic. Votes: 0

I love the energy that comes when I get on the mic. It keeps me creative and I love to hear what the fans want, what they love or hate about it. Votes: 0

I'm nervous ahead of every gig. I feel like running away three seconds before I'm due on stage. But I'm all right as soon as I get the mic in my hand. Votes: 0

But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself. Votes: 0

Every night there's a moment that I just wanna go back to bed. I just get nervous. Then I run on (stage) and as soon as I grab the mic then I'm fine. Votes: 0

It's an absolute blast to be a voice actor, but also kinda scary that the vocal baby you just birthed out at a mic is then taken by other folks and becomes something else. Votes: 0

James Brown's Live at the Apollo is not just a musical whiplash, it's a spiritual cleansing. You can just close your eyes and see him doing the splits, kicking the mic stand and doing a 360. Votes: 0