Top 256 Mic Quotes & Sayings

When I first started recording music, we would record in the closet with socks on the mic.

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

I'm confident as hell when I step in front of the mic.

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

Most open-mic experiences I had were okay.

I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.

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

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

The experiences I go through... everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.

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

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.

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

Comedy is getting more diverse - you can do anything on a stage now. It doesn't have to be just one man and a mic.

I think they've got to give Kevin Owens a run with the belt. He's a veteran, and he's really clicking on the mic, and the kid is super talented.

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

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

I've done music since I would sit and make songs on my computer mic when I was 11.

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

'Funny' is really cool live. You break it down into an acoustic set, and sometimes I'll do that one unplugged and off the mic, depending on the venue.

The star, the person who's on the mic, always gets seen.

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

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

I was born with a mic in my hand.

One time, it was really funny, I was going on stage... and they were like, 'Oh, we didn't mic the puppet! Mic the puppet!' So, that's how I know that sometimes I do a very good job, because they think that the puppet is actually, like, real.

I couldn't just be good on the mic. I needed to be good on the mic; I needed to be good in the ring; I need to be good in my presentation; my ring attire need to look good, my appearance. Everything about me needed to be the best. I couldn't be weak in any area because you're only as good as your weakest aspect.

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

My life changed because Bruce Springsteen got on a mic in front of me.

If you give a bipolar man a mic, I don't know what you expect.

It's an enthralling experience to be in front of the mic and record a song.

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.

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

I'd like to manage someone, a young talent that maybe doesn't have the mic skills.

In the metal world, if you're using a wireless mic... I was so scared to do that. I'm, like, 'They're gonna boo me in the beginning.'

I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.

I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality.

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

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.

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

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.

I was working in a day job in marketing but I had my sights on doing an open-mic night.

At the age of 11 I did my first open mic show, and it was one of those lightning-bolt moments where I suddenly found what I wanted to do.

If I'm not in the theatre, I'm in an open mic night or doing a guest set at the Comedy Club, or whatever, just trying to develop stuff.

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?

When we first started making videos, we didn't have a boom mic, so we had to talk really loud. And then we got a boom mic and were like, 'Wow, we're shouting,' and had to learn to bring it back.

I grew up with park jams. That's how I knew about rap... The local MCs would grab the mic and start rapping. I just used to be so in awe and fascinated and like, 'Wow, this is amazing!' But I would never, ever touch the mic. Heck no.

Everybody was always telling me to rap and freestyle. I used to go to the park and spit on the mic. If I go to the park, they always gonna give me the mic.

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

I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.

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

Honestly, I never really put the mic down.

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.

I would go to open-mic nights and realize that I was not near as bad as half the people.

I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.

I'm still the same guy who gets in front of the mic and just sings.

I'm not an amazing engineer; I'm just super basic. I'm pretty cavalier about it - I stick the mic wherever it sounds good.

My dad got me the same mic I use on everything now - this $200 mic from Guitar Center.

Just give me a mic, and I'll rock it.

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."

As soon as I touched the mic, I knew that's what I would do for the rest of my life.

We never want to see anyone go in front of the camera or behind the mic without union protection.