Renee Fleming

• "I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.“
• "My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table I had a tremendous music education.“
• "Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.“
• "Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.“
• "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.“
• "I've spent hours and hours doing research into Appalachian folk music. My grandfather was a fiddler. There is something very immediate, very simple and emotional, about that music.“
• "I have had a very difficult time with stage fright it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.“
• "I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.“
• "No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.“
• "For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.“
• "Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.“
• "Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.“

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