Kevin Olusola

“When you think about choir music, that's a cappella. You have church choir that you would sing without any instrument. I think the popular form that we have now is barbershop in the 20th century, and the collegiate movement.”

“Kids bring their mothers and grandmothers to our concerts. You don't see that with a lot of artists today.”

“I want to be what Kenny G. and Carlos Santana were, but for this day and age.”

“My dad's from Nigeria and my mom's from Grenada and they both went into medicine. My dad's a psychiatrist and my mom's a nurse so I was going to go into medicine, also.”

“Imogen Heap - she was in the baggage claim at the airport and was like, 'You're from Pentatonix, right?' She's like, I love you guys! I'm like, that's awesome.”

“I'm not perfect, I would never say that, I just believe that if I try my hardest to be consistent, show what I believe, and live it, most importantly, then that will hopefully shine through more.”

“I went to Yale for undergrad.”

“I loved the idea of playing cello whilst beatboxing, and I ran with it. I didn't realize that it would put me in front of people like Quincy Jones or Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, or even lead me to my current job, being the beatboxer of Pentatonix.”

“My parents always instilled in me to be a citizen of the world, so that's why I've taken to traveling and why it's such a huge part of my life.”

“I did a capella for a year at boarding school and then I stopped because at Yale, I think they really focus more on singing than having a beat behind them. So I just did my cello thing.”

“Doing 'New Rules x Are You That Somebody?' was really, really fun.”

“I absolutely love Shirley Temples. I don't know why, but ever since I was young, it's always been my favorite thing to drink!”

“The thing about the national anthem is that it's actually a pretty difficult song to sing for anybody.”

“I studied a month in Costa Rica and loved it. I'm not scared to go abroad. I feel like I can figure things out and I know what to do.”

“The second we were done on 'The Sing-Off,' we were like, 'All right, now we're competing with Rihanna and Taylor Swift.' We've always set the bar high. We want a hit.”

“I am a singer, first and foremost, but the medium happens to be the cello.”