Quotes from Kirstin Maldonado

We always try to make every song we do sound like a track. It's vocal, but we want it to be really full so no one really can even know if it's a cappella. It's not like it's missing anything, per se.

I feel like a lot of like the old-timey Christmas songs, the classics, a lot of it is very vocal. A lot of harmonies and, like, crooners, it puts you in that holiday spirit, I feel like.

I started voice lessons when I was eight years old.

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

Music is so universal, and so I love that we can all be different, and we can all just show that.

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

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

I thought I would move to New York and be on Broadway; that was my goal. I was very work-focused.

Ever since I was little, Broadway had always been my passion.

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.'

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

I want to inspire people to tear down their walls, especially for teenage girls.

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

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

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.

Surround yourself with good people who support and love you. And have confidence in yourself and your abilities!

I never planned out my wedding.

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 love all the 'Harry Potter' books. Those are just my favorites.

It is based off the pentatonic scale, which is a five-note scale in music. And there are five of us. We were going to be The Pentatonix, but we dropped the 'The' and added an 'x' to try and be cooler.

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

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

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.

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