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The days of an open mic night when I'd rock up in an old jumper are over. -- Katy B
Before I had a record deal, I was living in New York and playing anywhere I could, from somebody's house to an open mic to coffeeshops. -- Langhorne Slim
I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.' -- James Bay
I used to go to open mics in New York when I was starting out, and it was mostly just people who wanted an audience to look at them for eight minutes on a stage. -- Kristen Schaal
I had some friends that tried it down there, and I went to a couple of open mics, and I just kind of got this... this sick urge to try it instead of just watching it. -- Todd Barry
I didn't go through the routine of singing in small clubs and doing open mics and working so hard the way a lot of people do and did. It was just an overnight kind of thing. -- Joan Baez
Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, 'This is where I wanna be.' -- Patton Oswalt
In general, I'm pretty shy and nervous about a lot of things. For me to get on stage for the first time took so many times at an open mic before I finally got on stage and did it. -- Tyler Hilton
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
When I was in college, I would go out, and I would go to these open mic nights at Stitches and Nick's Comedy Stop, so I was going to classes during the day, and then at night, I would be signing up on the lists. -- Greg Fitzsimmons
Bullying new comics at open mic nights? NOT ON MY WATCH! -- Papa CJ
I would show up at any venue that had an open mic. -- Ludacris
How can I have my 15 minutes of fame when open mics only allow you to perform for 10 minutes. -- R.K. Cowles
My dad played in different clubs and open mic nights. But he mostly walked dogs. A lot of dogs. -- Rachel Trachtenburg
My first open mic was fantastic. I crushed. And my second mic was as bad as my first one was good. -- Dana Gould
I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, You should give it a go in London. -- James Bay
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? -- Doug Stanhope
Hopefully people are upset for the reason I want them to be upset. Even when I was doing open mics, I've always had people upset. I've never been the consummate crowd-pleaser. -- David Cross
I wrote my first song, 'Conversion', to this little hip-hop instrumental. I went to an open-mic, plugged my iPod into the P.A., and sang over the beat. -- Leon Bridges
When I performed at 'Open Mic U.K.' I had this connection with the audience that I'd never felt before, and I loved it. It was my first big thing, and looking out into the crowd... was just amazing. -- Birdy
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!' -- Margaret Cho
Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic. -- Ike Barinholtz
I advise wannabe singers to form a band, practise in your garage if you have to, but do as many charity or open mic shows as possible to get experience. I sang for seven years before getting a record deal, and I was already loving what I was doing. I just got lucky and got discovered. -- Bonnie Tyler
You get very comfortable doing the open mic circuit, turning up to the same places and playing to 20 people. In that situation, it won't matter if you aren't great on that night because no one will really remember who you are. Then suddenly you are doing rooms to 400 people and you have to up your game. -- Pippa Evans
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
My priority doesn't lie with the whole website and Facebook and such; I'm still walking down the road in a pair of real shoes. You need to just play as much as you can. Get in front of people, as I've always said. It doesn't matter if it's ten people at an open mic or opening a show for someone. Play all the time. -- Steve Forbert
I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic night at a Greenwich Village cafÃ©. -- Augusten Burroughs

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