Renee Fleming Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.”
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“I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.”
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“When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.”
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“A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.”
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“I would love to do more private concerts.”
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“My philosophy is that the people around us are there doing as much work if not more work behind the scenes and they're the last people you would ever be unkind to, so I hope I'm not a diva off stage.”
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“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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“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.”
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“My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.”
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“For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.”
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“For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.”
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“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.”
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“I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.”
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“The first thing I did when I made a little bit of money as a singer was to buy myself an amber necklace. This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.”
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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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“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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“For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.”
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“Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.”
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“Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.”
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“I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.”
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“Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.”
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“I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.”
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“I'm not a reactionary.”
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“With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.”
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“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
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