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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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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Opera Singer
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A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.
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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.
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I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.
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My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.
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For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
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In a way, being an opera singer is like being a very romantic sixteen-year-old who falls in love with great passion and conviction every month.
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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.
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No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.
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My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.
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It is our responsibility to learn how to speak to an audience that is less informed about music, to give it a reason to want to come and see us instead of going to the movies.
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I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.
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I don't like to sing loud.
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Among the important realizations I had in my own days in the practice room was that if any one route to any one phrase didn't work after days of trying, then the exact opposite route should at least be explored, as well as every alternative in between, as counterintuitive as that often seemed.
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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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An interpretation exists because of what we find between the notes.
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One of my timesaving habits is to save all of my magazines and junk mail for airplane trips. I walk on the plane with a very heavy bundle, but by the time the trip is over, it can all be thrown away.
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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'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.
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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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With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.
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