Quotes About Mic

Johnny Gentle, the first U.S. President ever to swing his microphone around by the cord during his Inauguration speech.

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.'

It's funny: when the press knows someone's gonna say something stupid, they're quick to pass them a mic and put a camera on them, and everybody talk about it.

I once did a gig at an office Christmas party in the showroom floor of a friend's father's home appliance shop in the suburbs of Melbourne. It was to a much older crowd. Without a microphone. Or a stage. With the queue for the buffet behind me.

I didn't even know there was an open mic competition that night with Kurtis Blow as the judge.

The WWE has the largest amount of eyes on it and is the biggest wrestling company in the world. It would be a huge honor for myself to work there, but am I going to be given the same 'Villain' mic time?

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.

I ain't a street busker, I'm a microphone hustler, manipulating lyrics I'm a lyrical shuffler.

I'm a hard act to follow, because when I'm done, I take the microphone with me.

I still remember "the mighty Cros" visiting the ranch in his van. That van was a rolling laboratory that made Jack Casady's briefcase look like chicken feed. Forget I said that! Was my mic on?

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.