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" I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. "
Renee Fleming
Listen
Love
Singers
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" 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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" Opera is really fun. "
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Opera
Fun
Really
" I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. "
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Curiosity
Courage
Intellectual
" 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. "
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Brother
Sister
She
" I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing. "
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Singing
More
" My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. "
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Breathing
Living
Will
" For a while it was hard for me to say no to work. "
Renee Fleming
Work
While
Say
" I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else. "
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Everything
Performance
Person
" I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals. "
Renee Fleming
100 Years
Years
I Am
" 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
Song
Achieve
World
" For years, I had no time for exploratory travel. "
Renee Fleming
No Time
Had
Years
" I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy. "
Renee Fleming
Want
Voice
Young
" Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc. "
Renee Fleming
Eventually
Around
Christmas
" I don't like to sing loud. "
Renee Fleming
Like
Loud
Sing
" My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. "
Renee Fleming
Education
Parents
Night
" I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray. "
Renee Fleming
Out
More
Image
" 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
Better
Now
Own
" With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force. "
Renee Fleming
Project
Out
Force
" 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. "
Renee Fleming
Think
Great
Live
" I would love to do more private concerts. "
Renee Fleming
More
Private
Would
" I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced. "
Renee Fleming
Time
Thought
More
" I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. "
Renee Fleming
Find
Way
Jazz
" At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic. "
Renee Fleming
Time
Mistake
People
" I was always a very good student. "
Renee Fleming
Good Student
Good
Always