Top Microphone Quotes
Playing and singing at the same time is pretty cool, but sometimes it's difficult to know when you can just really let go a bit because you've got to get back to bloody microphone and sing some stuff.
Graham Coxon
I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid.
Andrew Shue
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
Casey Kasem
Rigging a loudspeaker and a microphone at both ends of a sewer pipe.
Leonard Chess
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.
Roger McGuinn
Phil Collins 
Ashley Judd 
Martha Stewart 
Leonard Chess 
Brian McKnight 
Roger McGuinn 
Mitch Hedberg 
Buddy Rich All Microphone Quotes
Playing and singing at the same time is pretty cool, but sometimes it's difficult to know when you can just really let go a bit because you've got to get back to bloody microphone and sing some stuff.
Graham Coxon 
63% of people like this quote
I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid.
Andrew Shue
60% of people like this quote
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
Casey Kasem
57% of people like this quote
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.
Roger McGuinn
56% of people like this quote
Rigging a loudspeaker and a microphone at both ends of a sewer pipe.
Leonard Chess
56% of people like this quote
The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone.
Phil Harris
55% of people like this quote
I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.
Phil Collins
55% of people like this quote
Sinatra, here's a guy who plays a tough guy in all his movies, but was allowed to be vulnerable when he stepped up to the microphone.
Michael Bolton
55% of people like this quote
For live you need a microphone for the snare and the high hat, the kick drum, a nice stereo overhead and one for the toms - you can get away with using four mikes.
Chad Smith
55% of people like this quote
I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone.
Conor Oberst
54% of people like this quote
Popular Microphone Authors
Mitch HedbergJessica SavitchLucinda WilliamsGraham CoxonMichael BoltonAdam SandlerBob EdwardsAshley JuddAndrew ShueEd BradleyPhil CollinsLita FordBuddy RichPatti LaBelleCompay Segundo
Casey KasemBrian McKnightConor OberstPrince CharlesCasey KasumChad SmithMartha StewartRoger McGuinnMichael K. PowellPhil HarrisRobert GreenwaldPaul DarrowOzzie SmithLeonard Chess
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