“classical musicians are now as subject to marketing principles as any other performers.” — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Someone once said that there are probably seven naturally good singing days in a year-and those are days you won't be booked.… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story.… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes,… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Your brain has a music room, and evolution would not have gone to the trouble of designing that if it didn't have… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
“pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
The more you put into it, the more you and the audience will get out of it. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
“Today, “crossover” has become the golden word of the age. Crossover is based, in fact, on the model used for the development of pop… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
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.… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
“pulled out my Valery Gergiev trump card and said I would have to call him about getting another hotel. There are many ways in… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Music enabled me as a fragile young person to give voice to emotions I could barely name, and how it enables me to give… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
