Renee Fleming Quotes

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Renee Fleming

Profession : Musician

Birth : February 14, 1957

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.

Renee Fleming

I want to get out of the major opera houses.

Renee Fleming

A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime.

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I was always a very good student.

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Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument.

Renee Fleming

Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America.

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Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

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One of my timesaving habits is to save all of my magazines and junk mail for airplane trips. I walk on the plane with a very heavy bundle, but by the time the trip is over, it can all be thrown away.

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I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

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Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

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I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

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I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

Renee Fleming

Well, any time I'm preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, it's as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.

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I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

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