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

  Ludacris

  Shows, Venues

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

  Cormega

  Rap, Hip Hop, Crime

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• 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.

  Raekwon

  Hate, Creative, Energy

  Source: thequietus.com

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

  Cyhi the Prynce

  Rap, Hip Hop, Disrespect

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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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• 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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• I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open mics were the only way to be heard by other people. It really gave me a chance to develop as a performer. Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

  Macklemore

  Reading, Home, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Louis Eric Barrier

  Art, Media, Vibes

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• 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.

  Jamie Foxx

  Men, People, Musical

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Cat Power

  Kids, Thinking, Voice

  "Cat Power: 'I'm Not Ashamed To Hear My Voice'". Interview with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. August 31, 2012.

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• These people shred. That's what I was saying about Nashville-you can go to an open mic night at the Holiday Inn and probably see more talented musicians than the ones touring. When we first came down here I was like, "Wow I'm glad we didn't cut our teeth down here, there's so much competition." You're being challenged constantly because you're surrounded by these amazing musicians.

  Lzzy Hale

  Holiday, Cutting, Night

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