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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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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Opera Singer
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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. So, that suggests to me that we and our ancestors have had music as a central part of our experience for eons. And we're just beginning to understand how that might be. I think that's fascinating.
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Music was language in our house. It was air.....I feel certain that if I absorbed any lessons at all in the first months and years of my life, they must have been about the work that went into making a beautiful sound.
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My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.
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There's no performance where I never have to think about setting up a phrase or making a technical adjustment while I'm performing.
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I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.
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I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not going to worry about that.
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I was always a very good student.
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A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.
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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 have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.
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I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.
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I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.
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