Renee Fleming Quotes

When I Sing, The Sound Is A Totally Different Range, Color, All Of It. It's All About The Breath. You Take In A Breath And You Make A Sound.

My Philosophy Is That The People Around Us Are There Doing As Much Work If Not More Work Behind The Scenes And They're The Last People You Would Ever Be Unkind To, So I Hope I'm Not A Diva Off Stage.

A Lot Of Bad Behavior In Singers Is Caused By Nerves.

My Whole Career I Played These Girls Sort Of 18 To 23.

Having To Travel So Much Plays Havoc With Your Personal Life.

I'm Lucky - I Can Do Two Things At Once.

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.

I Listen To Archival And Historic Recordings. I Love Watching Singers. I Learned A Lot From Watching Videos.

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.

I Want To Get Out Of The Major Opera Houses.

I Was Constantly Being Pushed Toward A European Ideal Of What It Means To Be A Classical Or Opera Singer, Let's Say In The Renata Tebaldi Mode. I Reject That.

My Worry Is That Opera Will Become An Historic Art Form As Opposed To A Living, Breathing Thing.