Kevin Olusola Quotes

Kevin Olusola
American Musician
Born: Oct 5, 1988
Always Love Music People Think You
I think being part of Pentatonix has helped my arrangement style a lot, and that's helped me expand myself. Kevin Olusola
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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. Kevin Olusola
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I know a lot of people think a cappella is this cutesy, kind of novel thing. Kevin Olusola
People Think Kind Know Lot Cappella Novel Thing
Work extremely hard, but as you continue to rise up the ladder, never forget your roots or where you came from or the people that helped you along the way. Humility takes people the farthest. Kevin Olusola
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We didn't really have a fan base to begin with. We kind of had one with 'The Sing-Of,' but it was relatively small. Kevin Olusola
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Of the members of the band, I'm the biggest Michael Jackson fan. Kevin Olusola
Band Members Michael Michael Jackson Jackson Fan Biggest
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. Kevin Olusola
Life Me World Citizen My Life Parents Part Taken Instilled Always Huge Huge Part Traveling Why
I don't even want to say I'm trying to necessarily popularize classical music, I just want to take this thing, this cello, this sound, and make it artistic so people can understand it today. Kevin Olusola
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From my situation as an African American person in the U.S., people may look at me and think a certain thing without getting to know me. I'm of Nigerian and Caribbean heritage. I went to Yale. What you see is not what you think you're getting. Kevin Olusola
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Performing the American Music Awards and having Harrison Ford introduce you behind the John Williams orchestra for Star Wars, and then Meghan Trainor is in the front just standing up and like, 'I love you guys!' That was a huge moment. Kevin Olusola
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I grew up in Kentucky, and went to boarding school outside Boston at Phillips Academy Andover for two years. Kevin Olusola
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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. Kevin Olusola
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I actually love the challenge of being in a new place where I'm so obviously the foreigner. Kevin Olusola
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I want to be what Kenny G. and Carlos Santana were, but for this day and age. Kevin Olusola
Day Age Day And Age Were Want Kenny
That's something Pentatonix tries to do in all of our music. We try to keep it clean so that everybody can come to our shows. Kevin Olusola
Music Try Everybody Our Our Music Tries Something Clean Come Shows Keep
The reason immigrants come to America is to provide their kids with opportunities, but when they say 'opportunity,' they mean a prestigious job and career. When I had the epiphany that I could do music and sustain myself, they were like, 'OK, son, we need to talk to you.' Kevin Olusola
Music Myself You Son Opportunities Opportunity Job Say OK Kids Prestigious Immigrants Could Had Come Like Talk Were Provide America Sustain Mean Epiphany Reason They Say Career Need
I was actually going to go to a conservatory after I graduated college, now I'm thankful that Pentatonix happened because I'm working with singers in this realm of mainstream music, and to learn about how all that comes together has really helped my cello playing. Kevin Olusola
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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. Kevin Olusola
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Kids bring their mothers and grandmothers to our concerts. You don't see that with a lot of artists today. Kevin Olusola
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Well, my parents live in Cambridge, Maryland. Kevin Olusola
Parents Live Maryland Well Cambridge
It's really a blessing that our music can reach across generations. Kevin Olusola
Music Blessing Our Our Music Generations Reach Really Across
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! Kevin Olusola
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I went to Yale for undergrad. Kevin Olusola
Yale
I think it'd be weird for us to do hard rock. Kevin Olusola
Think I Think Weird Rock Us Hard Hard Rock
When I was at Yale, I was one of the students chosen to go to China. I lived there for 1-1/2 years and I can speak Mandarin fluently. Kevin Olusola
Speak Fluently I Can Students Yale Go Years China Lived Chosen
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