All Renee Fleming Quotes
- 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… Any
- 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,… Appalachian
- Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing. Completely
- Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. America
- Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher. Became
- Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc. Christmas
- For a while it was hard for me to say no to work. Funny
- For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style. Attracted
- For years, I had no time for exploratory travel. Exploratory
- Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life. Havoc
- I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals. Ago
- I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else. Performance
- I don't like to sing loud. Funny
- 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… Achieve
- I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting. Genuinely
- I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing. Elegant
- 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… Better
- I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos. Archival
- I'm not exactly an angry young person. Angry
- My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education. Dinner
- 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… Circuit
- It is always fragile, being a parent. Always Fragile
- I think touring is hard. Hard
- Opera is really fun. Fun
- My parents were both high-school music teachers. Both