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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

Singers, Prime, Circuit, Performers

For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.

- Renee Fleming

Singing, My Own, Prefer, Simpler

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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Doing, Hours, Very, Appalachian

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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Mind, Very, Stage Fright, Difficult Time

I am so envious of my colleagues from 100 years ago who only sang new works, they hardly ever sang revivals.

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New, Works, Envious, Hardly

Having to travel so much plays havoc with your personal life.

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Personal, Having, Plays, Havoc

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.

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Singer, Eventually, Every, Disc

Some of my first teachers were incredibly tough. You could never sing more than three words without being stopped and having to do it over 20 times. I loved that - that sort of process of dissecting and trying to figure out and master this incredibly mysterious instrument.

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Three, Some, Instrument, Dissecting

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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Kind, Younger, Costumes

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.

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Career, Shame, Big, Decades

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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Over, Plane, By The Time, Trips

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

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Education, Singing, Over, Table

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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Know, Same, Remained, Accomplishments

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.

- Renee Fleming

High, Human Being, Loud, Amplification

Learning operatic roles is ongoing, and I find that I can learn on the train or subway, during a manicure, getting my hair done, and even while driving if I only look at the score at red lights.

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Learning, Roles, While, Train

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

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Enjoy, Singing, More, Exposed

Being steeped in the process of learning and exploring keeps me from becoming too nervous. Partly it's about not getting bored.

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Process, Becoming, About, Bored

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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Voice, People, Sources, All People

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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Legacy, Worry, Musical, Passions

Contrary to the norm, as my technique improved my voice became higher.

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Voice, Improved, Became, Norm

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.

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Opera, Date, I Think, Presented

Well, any time I'm preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, it's 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.

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Voice, Other, Constant, Demands

Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.

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Been, Singers, Very, Popular

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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Think, Making, Technical, Adjustment

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.

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Love, Singers, Historic, Recordings

I'm reserved, so I've always needed to find a way of opening up. Jazz helped me do that.

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Jazz, Always, Needed, Opening

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing.

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Art, Worry, Opposed, Art Form

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.

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Thought, Singer, Learned, Deeper

Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.

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Voice, Singing, Learn, Interests

I think singing is one of the most natural things that human beings do, but it's difficult.

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Singing, Think, I Think, Beings

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