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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.
Renee Fleming
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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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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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I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.
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I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.
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I don't like to sing loud.
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I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.
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A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.
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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.
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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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I don't want to record anything unless it can be great and genuinely interesting.
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I was always a very good student.
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I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
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Perfection often creates such a flawless surface that there's no place for the audience to enter into a piece, while the idiosyncrasies of individual style are like windows into the singer's heart.
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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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Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.
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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 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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