I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray. Renee Fleming More Quotes by Renee Fleming More Quotes From Renee Fleming I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't. Renee Fleming changedaccomplishmenthavens I was always a very good student. Renee Fleming good-studentsvery-goodstudents At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic. Renee Fleming careersmistakepeople With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force. Renee Fleming projectssingingair 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. Renee Fleming emotionalsimplegrandfather If I have to hold a note for a long time, I imagine it as moving and spinning, for the note has to have life. In a way, a singer actually refreshes a note with every beat that it's held. Renee Fleming singerslongmoving For years, I had no time for exploratory travel. Renee Fleming years I've lived in New York all my life, and we went to the Mormon Pageant each year in upstate New York. It still is a wonderful production. I remember going and seeing the performance and listening to the music. My father had Mormon Tabernacle Choir music, and we would listen to it and sing with it. Renee Fleming new-yorkfatheryears 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. Renee Fleming voiceathletebelieve I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy. Renee Fleming heavyvoicewant I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult. Renee Fleming singingnaturalthinking 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. Renee Fleming singersrolesyoung I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great. Renee Fleming singingdonethinking 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. Renee Fleming qualitytogethercharacter 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. Renee Fleming junkmagazinesairplane 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. Renee Fleming brothermotherlittles I'm not a reactionary. Renee Fleming reactionaries A lot of performers don't want to leave the circuit, the European opera house circuit, partly because most singers don't sing many concerts, or at least not while they are in their prime. Renee Fleming operahousewant I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that. Renee Fleming opening-upjazzway I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic. Renee Fleming mediaartthinking
