When I was a kid, I was obsessed with Shania Twain. I would always go sing the song 'Honey I'm Home.' I was, like, 12, and I'm singing about coming home from work and PMS and stuff.
— Kirstin Maldonado
It depends on the arrangement. It could take 3 hours, it could take 3 days, it could take a week. 'Thrift Shop' took one arrangement session. We did it all in a circle that day. 'Evolution of Music' and 'Evolution of Beyonce' took a bunch of different sessions.
Surround yourself with good people who support and love you. And have confidence in yourself and your abilities!
Being able to wake up every day knowing I'm living out my dream of performing is the best feeling in the world.
I fulfill a part of myself in Pentatonix. And then, we can all step away individually and do the specific things we like because we're all so different in musical tastes.
We're just a joyous band, and our music is just fun, happy, and nostalgic.
We have a really incredible fan base... they're... the ones that are rooting for us and buying the music and streaming it. They're just really, really amazing... and we're just so thankful for them.
As individuals, we are so different in our personalities, lifestyles, how we grew up, and our culture.
I love being able to fulfill such a huge and special part of myself with Pentatonix. But there is still so much more to me that, honestly, people don't get to see because we're in a group.
I watch a lot of Disney.
Success is not defined by money or status, necessarily, but by how many people you've impacted and how fulfilled you feel with your decisions. If you can garner all of these things, then more power and success to you, but all in all, you must feel happy and satisfied with what you personally have put out into the world.
I feel like it has been a journey throughout the years to be accepting of my culture - I always felt different and not as accepting of it.
My favorite thing to hear is when people will come up and be like, 'I started an a capella group at my school!' or 'I got my best friend, and we wanted to sing, too!' And then they start groups.
Honestly, sometimes, it takes a negative to bring about a positive.
All my doppelgangers are random girls.
I always wanted to write a sad song that sounds happy. I think everyone can relate to this emotion.
I've listened to a lot of different styles of music growing up, and they've all influenced me at different times in my life.
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.
Sara Bareilles is one of my favorite singer-songwriters of all time.
I feel like 2013 was one giant snowball of me being confused with my place in life and within the group. A lot of it was self-confidence issues, a lot of outside issues, and a lot of me questioning the future of what I was doing. And my mistake was letting all that influence me so that I wasn't the best I could be in life!
I think people are always going to say things about you or disapprove of your relationships or your ideals or your beliefs or something, but I think you have to stand up and stay strong in who you are and not let it affect you.
I love Halloween - I'm a die hard.
I think a capella and Christmas music just go really well together.
I guess, just being in a group, I had never thought to question my individual artistry.
We're grateful for our diverse fans.
A bully is going to be a bully, and you have to stand up for yourself. You can't expect everyone else is going to come and run to your aid. You have to stand your ground; that's very important.
My career started the second we auditioned for 'The Sing-Off' on NBC in 2011.
Music is so universal, and so I love that we can all be different, and we can all just show that.
I've learned that even just as an individual, regardless of who I am, and regardless of who anyone is, to really be true to yourself and your own self expression and really use your voice for that.
I'm always trying to tell fans to love themselves. I see them going through a ton of hardships on Twitter and being bullied. It's really important and easier said than done to take care of yourself. A lot of people put themselves out for others and don't really think about mending themselves. Sometimes, they get a little lost that way.
I've slowly become more comfortable as an artist and as a person.
We're very comfortable in our own sound and what we do, and so that's where our inspiration is from - just things that we are truly inspired by or that we think will work well for us, and not just because something is Top 40.
I'm so proud of 'Break a Little.'
I remember moving to California and feeling so strange because I'd always seen myself moving to New York.
In my honest opinion, in 'Volumes I' and 'II,' we were still trying to figure out our sound.
David Phelps has an uncanny ability to sound full and powerful on every part of his range and sing with so much emotion.
Moving to L.A. and making albums was an exciting outlet, but I always thought I'd be slumming it job to job in N.Y.C. with hopes of being on Broadway!
The first artist that did it for me with just production was James Blake... I was just blown away... I feel like James Blake kind of was the one that introduced me into that world.
Honestly, the most excited I've ever been for Christmas is when I get a big fluffy blanket.
I couldn't be more excited about doing 'Kinky Boots' on Broadway; it's going to be a delicious challenge!
The energy that a crowd gives you is so amazing and so fun because when the crowd's having fun, it makes us even more excited, and it feels like we're all having fun together. It's like a big party.
We sing popular songs and show it can be done a cappella. It's fun music.
I'm pretty gloriously positive and naive in a way.
I loved performing and knew it was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, that regardless of monetary success, I wanted to make an impact while doing what I loved and that would be successful for me.
Everyone comes to music when they are mourning, when they are happy - for anything.
We do a cover of Charlie Puth's 'Attention' that I really, really love and I think really grooves.
People aren't always going to approve or like what you have to say. But as long as you believe in it and are happy, that's all that matters.
Jennifer Lawrence can play me. We look exactly the same.
I love singing our Christmas songs every chance we get. It's really cute.
I've always loved lyrics, so I used to listen to Sara Bareilles - more folky, singer-songwritery people.
