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Being steeped in the process ...

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I want to keep my voice young...

I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I don't want to be somebody w...

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

My mother was the worst kind ...

My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I think singing it when it's ...

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

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I don't want to record anythi...

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

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I am so envious of my colleag...

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

For my own singing, I used to...

For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

No voice teacher can be all t...

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

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I've always been inspired by ...

I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

I listen to archival and hist...

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

My parents were both high-sch...

My parents were both high-school music teachers.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

We sing with the entire body....

We sing with the entire body. The sounds that we make emanate not just from the head, but from the whole heart and soul, and, most important, the gut.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

Your brain has a music room, ...

Your brain has a music room, and evolution would not have gone to the trouble of designing that if it didn't have some benefits. So, that suggests to me that we and our ancestors have had music as a central part of our experience for eons. And we're just beginning to understand how that might be. I think that's fascinating.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

Fostering creativity in child...

Fostering creativity in children is as important as any other part of the school curriculum because it feeds the soul. A daily dose of creativity helps children imagine a better world and then create it.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

While it's a fact that a voic...

While it's a fact that a voice begins with natural talent, any talent must be nurtured, cajoled, wrestled with pampered, challenged, and, at every turn, examined.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

The student's job is to stay ...

The student's job is to stay open-minded, to quell the knee-jerk defensiveness we all possess in the face of suggestions for improvement, and to maintain patience when faced with a process that is often slow, confusing, and frustrating.

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In a way, being an opera sing...

In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

When I sing, the sound is a t...

When I sing, the sound is a totally different range, color, all of it. It's all about the breath. You take in a breath and you make a sound.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

Perfection often creates such...

Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.

Renee Fleming 83 quotes

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