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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.

Renee Fleming

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Renee Fleming
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: February 14
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Opera Singer
Indiana
Pennsylvania
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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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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 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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For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.
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I want to get out of the major opera houses.
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We are unique, each human voice, not because we are completely self-generated, but because of who we choose to assemble the countless factors that made us.
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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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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 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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