121 Quotes by Renee Fleming

He coached and prepared me for a 'Rosenkavalier' scenes program,

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.

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.

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.

I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.

A lot of bad behavior in singers is caused by nerves.

My whole career I played these girls sort of 18 to 23.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

We sing with the entire body. The sounds that we make emanate not just from the head, but from the whole heart and soul, and, most important, the gut.