Mics Quotes

• All I need is one mic . All I need is one life, one try, one breath, I'm one man.

  Nas

  Men, Trying, Needs

  Song: One Mic

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• Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

  Eminem

  Honestly

  "Being Eminem". Interview with Anthony Bozza, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2009.

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• 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.

  Ethan Hawke

  Circles, Forgiving, Wire

  "A-list actors relive shameful audition moments", edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2009.

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• All I need is one mic
  One beat, one stage
  One ni%$a frontin' my face on the front page
  Only if I had one gun, one girl and one crib
  One god to show me how to do things his son did.

  Nas

  Girl, Son, Gun

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• I stayed away from drugs, I never smoked a pipe. When I wanna get high, I smoke the mic. I never did white lines, I only write lines, and I ain't sniffin' nothing but the vapors from hype rhymes.

  Kool Moe Dee

  Writing, Hype, White

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• 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.

  Aziz Ansari

  Night, Hell, Hanging Out

  "Aziz Ansari Interview". Interview with Jessica Hundley, www.askmen.com.

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• 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.

  Pauly Shore

  Mom, Dad, Roots

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• 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.

  John Leeson

  Here I Am, Actors, Today

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• 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.

  Rakim

  Rap, Hip Hop, Done

  Song: I Ain't No Joke

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

  Ka

  Rap, Past, Play

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• If rhyme is a crime, my mic is my co-defendant.

  Cormega

  Rap, Hip Hop, Crime

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

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Stage, Admire, Walks

  "Author Spotlight: Kevin J. Anderson & Sherrilyn Kenyon". Interview with Liz Argall, www.lightspeedmagazine.com. August 2016.

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• Every little boy wanna pick up the mic,
  And try to run with the big boys and live up to the real hype.
  But that's like pickin up a ball, playin with Mike,
  Swingin at Ken Griffey or challengin' Roy to a fight.

  LL Cool J

  Running, Real, Rap

  Song: 4, 3, 2, 1

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

  Inspectah Deck

  Rap, Hip Hop, Flavor

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• I came in the door, I said it before
  I never let the mic magnetize me no more.
  But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme,
  I can't hold it back...I'm looking for the line.
  Taking off my coat, clearing my throat,
  My rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note.

  Rakim

  Rap, Fighting, Doors

  "Song: Eric B. Is President (Album:Paid in Full)". 1987.

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• 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!

  KRS-One

  Liars, Rap, Tired

  Song: Mortal Thought, Album: Return of the Boom Bap, 1993

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• 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.

  Jenna Dewan

  Girl, Stars, Giving

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Rita Wilson

  Stage, Performing, Performing Live

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm like Demerol...
  No disrespect to the Jacksons, but I kill mics.

  Cyhi the Prynce

  Rap, Hip Hop, Disrespect

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

  Kwame

  Men, Knights, Should Have

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• I would show up at any venue that had an open mic.

  Ludacris

  Shows, Venues

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• Granted, not really a joke, but how often do you get a mic in your hand? You know? So. I am sorry but don't anybody trip on my soap box on the way out. Don't anybody trip over that. And the chip on my shoulder's a little heavy. I have back problems now.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Sorry, Hands, Littles

  "Janeane Garofalo". TV Special, August 23, 1997.

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• Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It was a growing stage. I felt like Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up.

  Eminem

  Rap, Style, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One time I was singing along with a boy that looked like me in the crowd and he pushed away the mic and started making out with me and accidently bit my lip and I had to get stitches.

  Davey Havok

  Boys, Singing, Crowds

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• My mic is a Magnum.
  See me and this chick, we go back like Cro-Magnon.
  Man...we did it in the back of your Magnum;
  I said, 'Put them Lifestyles back, give me the Magnums.'

  Pharoahe Monch

  Rap, Men, Giving

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