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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.
Renee Fleming
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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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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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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 don't like to sing loud.
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I was always a very good student.
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I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
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