Renee Fleming Quotes

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.
Renee Fleming

Work, Time, Learning

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
Renee Fleming

Happy, Stay, Image

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.
Renee Fleming

Great, Same, Changed

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.
Renee Fleming

Music, Emotional, Simple

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.
Renee Fleming

Different, Learn, Voice

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.
Renee Fleming

Learning, Bored, Getting

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

Music, America, Become

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.
Renee Fleming

Voice, Higher, Contrary

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.
Renee Fleming

Christmas, Around, Singer

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.
Renee Fleming

Work, Hard, While

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

Used, Singing, Style

For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
Renee Fleming

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.
Renee Fleming

Life, Travel, Personal

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.
Renee Fleming

Works, Colleagues, Envious

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.
Renee Fleming

Someone, Person, Else

I don't like to sing loud.
Renee Fleming

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

Pretty, Song, Story

I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.
Renee Fleming

Great, Unless, Genuinely

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.
Renee Fleming

Enjoy, Singing, Elegant

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.
Renee Fleming

Peace, Time, Mind

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, Learned

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.
Renee Fleming

Love, Learned, Listen

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.
Renee Fleming

Human, Difficult, Natural

I think singing it when it's done well is extremely natural. It feels great.
Renee Fleming

Great, Done, Natural

I think touring is hard.
Renee Fleming

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: February 14, 1957

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