Top 55 Kirstin Maldonado Quotes

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.

I’m so proud of ‘Break a Little.’

We do a cover of Charlie Puth’s ‘Attention’ that I really, really love and I think really grooves.

Literally, when the pilot came out for ‘Glee,’ I think we had a watching party or something. We were all seniors, and everyone all of a sudden in the show choir were so excited. We were like, ‘This show is awesome. It’s so cool. This is exactly us.’

I watch a lot of Disney.

I always feel good after I change my hair. You get a haircut and feel positive and ready to take on the day.

Our album stuff, we bring it to our producer to help us finesse. But anything that’s been on YouTube and a lot of the stuff that’s been on the album, too, it started from us just sitting around in a circle and jamming it and finding where the parts fit.

I think the first big thing I did: I sang at my mom’s wedding when I was almost 8, so 7… that was my first thing.

I guess, just being in a group, I had never thought to question my individual artistry.

I remember moving to California and feeling so strange because I’d always seen myself moving to New York.

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.

I couldn’t be more excited about doing ‘Kinky Boots’ on Broadway; it’s going to be a delicious challenge!

I think YouTube has been super instrumental in our success as well, because I think there’s something really important about seeing and hearing what we’re doing.

We sing popular songs and show it can be done a cappella. It’s fun music.

Even before Pentatonix, I always thought that I would be out here in New York doing Broadway and doing musical theater. That was what gave me the passion for music in the first place, so it’s been really, really, cool.

Jennifer Lopez, she’s my girl! And Shakira… I really like her.

Gwen Stefani was just the most incredible frontwoman. She was the total cool girl.

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 love singing our Christmas songs every chance we get. It’s really cute.

I really wished I’d learned Spanish. I took it all in high school and was planning on trying to be fluent in it. I would get Selena tracks and sing with them and stuff like that.

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 always wanted to do musical theater. That was where I saw my life going since I was a musical theater major in college before I went to Pentatonix.

I love snow cones.

It’s really, really cool that we’ve been able to have these opportunities to surround ourselves with these people because they’re brilliant. Like, Dolly Parton is legendary, and she’s maybe the nicest person I’ve ever met in my entire life and, like, amazing.

In my honest opinion, in ‘Volumes I’ and ‘II,’ we were still trying to figure out our sound.

The theater community is so incredible, kind, and supportive.

Honestly, the most excited I’ve ever been for Christmas is when I get a big fluffy blanket.

Being able to wake up every day knowing I’m living out my dream of performing is the best feeling in the world.

I was so happy to be able to be a part of Broadway Bares and had the best time ever!

Jennifer Lawrence can play me. We look exactly the same.

My mom and dad weren’t together, so I never thought I would get married.

Adulting is hard.

I shaved a quarter of my hair one time, and my poor nana was crying when I FaceTimed her, but I was like, ‘It’s just hair! It’s fun.’

All my doppelgangers are random girls.

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.

I feel like I have to be on my game because I have to handle my solo stuff and Pentatonix stuff, so it has really kept me on my toes in a good way.

I want people to see that I’m just a girl who went for her dreams.

I always wanted to write a sad song that sounds happy. I think everyone can relate to this emotion.

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.

Every single ‘no’ that you get, you know that that was an experience that you learned from. Keep going.

David Phelps has an uncanny ability to sound full and powerful on every part of his range and sing with so much emotion.

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.

I never planned out my wedding.

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.

The experiences you gain by doing something solo – you have such a great work effort there as well, one we all have now – we can all bring it back to the group.

I started voice lessons when I was eight years old.

When I was a kid I was always listening and singing along to Disney compilation CDs.

I think it’s cool to do a summer outdoor show because, growing up, like, those were always the shows and the concerts that I would get to see, where I would be sitting on the grass with my friends and hanging out, and it was such a moment.

As individuals, we are so different in our personalities, lifestyles, how we grew up, and our culture.

I do want to do more acting! I love it. It’s so fun.

My career started the second we auditioned for ‘The Sing-Off’ on NBC in 2011.

When Pentatonix started, my whole vision of what I thought my life was gonna be completely changed – in a great way, obviously. I never thought that I would have the confidence to do this.

What better way is there to raise money for such an important organization like Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS than by celebrating all types of bodies, all types of relationships, and just acceptance overall?

I remember seeing ‘Chicago’ and ‘Legally Blonde’ and waiting by the stage door.

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.