Mics Quotes - Page 3

• I got this big fear of doing smoking jokes in my act and showing up five years from now goin' [puts mic to his neck and speaks as if he had a mechanical larynx] 'good evening everybody, remember me, smoking's bad. [puts cigarette to neck and mimics smoking it] Eeww. You ever seen somebody do that? I've seen someone do that. Let me tell you something — if you're smoking out of a hole in your neck [mimics it again] I'd think about quitting. And that's just me, ya know.

  Bill Hicks

  Thinking, Years, Smoking

  "Sane Man". Stand-up show, 1989.

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• 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.

  Elizabeth Banks

  Real, Hero, Party

  “Elizabeth Banks Is on Our Team” by David Walters, www.esquire.com. July 7, 2008.

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

  MC Hammer

  Dope, Hype, Hip Hop

  Song: U Can't Touch This

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

  Ginuwine

  Sound, Way, Worst

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• When I recorded my first album, my ego didn't let me believe that what I was gonna say on the mic, anyone would really care about. But then when I found out that they did, I started to take it more seriously.

  Ice T

  Believe, Ego, Firsts

  Interview with Jorge Hinojosa, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Even with Dream Theater, we track in a big studio and everything. But when it comes to doing leads, I don't really require a lot of studio to do that. I need a good sounding room and a Pro Tools rig, and some Neve mic-pres, and I'm good.

  John Petrucci

  Dream, Track, Needs

  Source: thehub.musiciansfriend.com

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• Lots will get on the mic and tell huge audiences to pray for world peace. And there's a scientific study that shows when everyone prays for peace, whole war zones on the planet actually cease fighting for that day!

  DJ QBert

  War, Fighting, World

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• I was new to acting on a stage in a narrative as opposed to acting on a stage as a stand-up. And like everything else it's just like comfort level. The first time I did stand-up I was at a place called the B3 in New York on Third and Avenue B and I not only didn't take the mic out of the stand, but I clutched the stand of the entire time.

  John Mulaney

  New York, Acting, Comfort

  Source: uproxx.com

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• My most embarrassing moment was probably when I was on tour and I would throw the mic out of my hand and catch it but one time I dropped it and I felt so stupid. My most exhilarating moment is every time I step on stage to perform.

  Shawn Desman

  Stupid, Hands, Steps

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• Me and Biggie share a storytelling ability--he was an actor on wax, too. His stories were so vivid and torrid, he made you feel them. And we both have the hardness. When I come out on the mic, you know it's me.

  Black Rob

  Biggie, Stories, Actors

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• My job to make sure that thing is kick-ass - takes the mold, jumps on it, throws glitter all over it, smashes it, kicks it around, and drops the mic. If we don't do that, then we deserve not to have a hit.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Jobs, Mold, Glitter

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• There are mics inside the instrument, a contact mic on my throat, and countless mics clustered around the air of the horn and throughout the room. I wanted to make something that was specific to the medium of recording.

  Colin Stetson

  Air, Rooms, Instruments

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I know for an actual fact that the things I say or that my brothers say on the mic are valid for life. What we say, if you're smart you get it, if you're stupid, you learn about 3 years later.

  RZA

  Brother, Smart, Stupid

  Source: www.hiphopcore.net

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• It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

  Caroline Polachek

  Artist, Hip Hop, Guy

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• As far as the persona, I'm true to myself. Not because I'm arrogant, but I'm true to myself because I believe that you have to stand for something. When you start sacrificing that, even if it's just a line in a song or something you say on the mic at a show, or the way you treat someone when you see them out in public, that all reflects on who you are.

  Cody Johnson

  Song, Believe, Sacrifice

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• Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, This is where I wanna be.

  Patton Oswalt

  Fire, Comedian, Sitting

  "Patton Oswalt: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 19, 2013.

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• You're talking about a whole camera crew and being mic'd up professionally everyday and just having another group of people following you around. It's a little different than having friends pick up a camera and follow you around.

  Mike Stud

  Talking, People, Everyday

  "Interview: Mike Stud turns reality TV star in 'This Is Mike Stud'". Interview with Brittany Frederick, www.axs.com. August 9, 2016.

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• As soon as it's behind computers and machines, which the majority of the planet loves, I find it cold. I need to hear breathing. I like the idea of the mic being a captation of everything that's happening around.

  Lou Doillon

  Breathing, Ideas, Majority

  "Lou Doillon’s Canadian Love Affair". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 19, 2016.

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

  Erika M. Anderson

  Running, Song, Messing Up

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'

  Margaret Cho

  Teacher, Art, School

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• 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.

  James Bay

  Night, Years, Two

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

  Lemon Andersen

  Motivation, Inspiration, Body

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• If you battle L, you picked the wrong head
  I smash mics like cornbread
  You can't kill me, I was born dead

  Big L

  Battle, Born, Kill Me

  Song: Put it On, Album: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous, 1995

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• Be persistent and just keep going to open mics no matter what, even if just to watch and not perform. You'll find that even at your worst keep your head up because you'll still be better than other people's best.

  Pete Holmes

  People, Watches, Matter

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• I used to wanna rap like Jay-Z,
  Now I feel I could run laps around Jay-Z,
  Nas ain't seen nothing this nasty,
  B.I.G. & Pac got it coming when I pass too.
  You got the mic, I ain't the one you wanna pass to

  Ab-Soul

  Running, Rap, Lap

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