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I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
Renee Fleming
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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Opera Singer
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Renee Fleming
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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 want to get out of the major opera houses.
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