Friends Quote by Pete Holmes

Most open-mic experiences I had were okay.

— John Mulaney

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…

— Macklemore

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

— Ellie Taylor

I've been spending quite a bit of time writing, acting, and making films. Because I'm doing all this extra writing, acting, and creating short…

— John Morrison

I took a class from a church comedian and I was squeaky-clean for five, six years of my career starting in churches, corporates and…

— Taylor Tomlinson

There was something really fun about when I used to do bus tours. I was on mic all day, trying to be funny and…

— Tim Dillon

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…

— Freya Ridings

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…

— Margaret Cho

My first live performance was when I was in the military. I went to some bar, and they had open mics. You could just…

— JPEGMAFIA

The recording process was basically me meeting with different writers, going into their studio, starting a song and just hanging out and chatting and…

— Bridgit Mendler

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was…

— Emeli Sande

I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they…

— Dat Phan