Top 77 Karaoke Quotes

‘Love Shack’ is such an eternal kind of song; at karaoke, people do it.

I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back.

I’m never going to try ‘Carpool Karaoke’ in New York. That would be a very different thing. Mariah Carey’s one, we just drove, like, five or six blocks round where she was staying at the time.

I was arrested for lip-syncing karaoke.

I cannot sing karaoke because it’s hard and weird. If I actually tried to sing, I would probably sound good, and I think that’s weird and not fun.

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can’t sing – that is why.

I’m a big karaoke fan and I also love Justin Bieber unashamedly.

I always liked performing in front of my parents’ friends. My dad bought me a karaoke machine, and I would put on a Michael Jackson song like ‘Thriller,’ and I would come out with, like, a hat and a jacket, and, like, moonwalk in my socks, so I was always performing.

I’m scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be ‘Whatta Man’ by Salt-n-Pepa.

I really don’t do karaoke because it becomes a vocal performance rather than fun, like, ‘Let’s just sing this song and be silly.’ It’s not fun for me.

I love karaoke – I usually do Blondie’s ‘Heart Of Glass,’ or ‘Try A Little Tenderness.’

If there’s a microphone and a couple of Pink tracks, I’ll step up. ‘Get the Party Started’ is a great start to any karaoke.

New Year’s Eve was always a big occasion at home with the family. Every year we would get the karaoke machine out and I’d entertain everyone, even as a young kid.

I’m obsessed with karaoke, but I don’t like to sing. I just like to go and watch amateur singers.

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I’d never done karaoke before.

Singing karaoke is my worst nightmare. But in the car, I rock out to anything Bon Jovi or Beastie Boys.

I love going to karaoke with friends if I’m having a really tough time.

I grew up with a lot of karaoke and dancing and good movies.

I kick butt on karaoke with any Journey song!

I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called ‘Sukiyaki,’ which is a very famous Japanese song, and I’ve actually heard from people that they’ve been in bars in Asia where they’ve seen me come up in the ‘Sukiyaki’ video that they play behind you. I’m in that. I’m in a karaoke video.

I came from a very musical family, so I grew up singing karaoke with the family. My family said ‘do this’ and brought me to singing lessons. I had always been writing poems and songs.

I don’t do karaoke. I don’t dance, even at weddings. I’m the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine.

I love karaoke.

I’m not the best cruise ship crooner. I’m not the best karaoke guy.

A miserable karaoke experience is when people are trying really hard and trying to show off. You have to just be chill – that’s what makes karaoke fun.

I’m definitely not a karaoke man, but I like to try stuff, so I’d get up on stage and give it a go. It would have to be something cheesy – karaoke always is – so maybe R. Kelly, ‘The World’s Greatest.’

I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.

I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, ‘I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.’ That’s such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.

I don’t like karaoke. But maybe that’s why I’m so perfect for ‘Lip Sync Battle,’ because I get to still hear the song I love and watch the performances that I love without having to hear someone sing.

I’ve seen some beyond-amazing performers do karaoke who should be on stage somewhere, and I’ve seen people who you rather didn’t enter the bar. That’s the beautiful thing about it; it’s for everybody.

I’m very lucky that people are able to say, ‘Oh, that’s that Moody Blues guy!’ I’m very fortunate with that. That’s all. Without the songs, I think, I’d just be a pretty average karaoke singer. In the end, it comes down to the songs: the strength of the songs.

I don’t take karaoke seriously at all. I’m not the type of person who will go and belt out Whitney Houston.

Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you’re an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.

I was about 11 when my mother brought me this karaoke machine and I was really into it back then, but about 4 or 5 years ago is when I started printing up my own music, going to the studio and doing my own thing.

I’m part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we’d all karaoke.

I just sing the songs that people don’t expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I’m always a bit nervous to sing something serious.

I am ‘Mr. Karaoke Guy’ in the car completely. I just go with it and don’t care what anyone else thinks – I’m singing, man!

I hate karaoke. I don’t want to sing karaoke, and I don’t want to listen to people sing karaoke.

I think it’s a rite of passage that the minute you land in Japan, you have to go to a karaoke bar.

I’m a huge karaoke person even though I have the worst singing voice. When you love doing something, who cares?

The best place for me is in my car, listening to my stereo. I am ‘Mr. Karaoke Guy’ in the car, completely. I just go with it and don’t care what anyone else thinks – I’m singing, man!

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That’s a tradition I miss.

I’ve had some good moments at karaoke. Back in the day, oh my gosh… before, I was more in the public eye. Nowadays, I don’t do it as much because if you do, it’s going to be on the Internet.

My highest score karaoke song is ‘Ben,’ by Michael Jackson.

When I was 13 I’d record myself on my karaoke machine and if I didn’t like it I’d record it again. I’d do that for hours, making sure each line sounded just right.

I’ve been singing since I could talk, pretty much. My dad was really musical and taught me how to sing harmonies and got me a karaoke machine with tape decks.

Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.

I’ve developed a karaoke habit. I’ve become a crooner.

Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.

I only do private room karaoke where it’s just me and one of my closest girlfriends. My mom always said I could really belt songs out, and the Dixie Chicks feed that encouragement.

I do always like to sing Lana Del Rey, just because I know all her songs. But people at karaoke always want something up-tempo. Sometimes the energy level will change from ‘party’ to ’emotional,’ which I think is great but some people don’t.

My sister’s a big karaoke person, and she’s never been able to get me to do it.

I don’t do karaoke. You know how some people don’t like massages? They don’t like massages; I don’t like karaoke.

I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little ‘Time After Time’. I can do a little ‘Grease Lightning’. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it’s a lot of fun.

I am the sort of person who, if there is karaoke somewhere in the area, I am that person who is like, ‘Let’s go to the karaoke club,’ it’s not necessarily something I plan to do.

I love karaoke and totally hog the mic when I go out and do it with my friends.

It’s not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Internet or on your MySpace page, then you can share it with people.

In karaoke, you don’t choose the song; the song chooses you.

I despise – I hate – I’m terrified of karaoke, and I wish I wasn’t because everybody I know who’s awesome loves it.

I’ve taken salsa classes. I love dancing and I love to karaoke. So I bought a microphone with some tapes and my son and I karaoke. I know the entire ‘Dora the Explorer’ soundtrack.

There are definitely times where I am listening to the radio, and I think, ‘That would be awesome. I would love to sing that.’ It’s this weird karaoke fantasy that I might someday get to live out on the big screen.

I have a karaoke lounge in my house, complete with a tiki bar and hula-girl lamps and disco balls.

I’m really maturing into soul music. It’s not my attempt or karaoke try. I feel like I really embody the music now that I am 36.

I’m slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.