121 Quotes by Renee Fleming

I'm not exactly an angry young person.

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

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

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

I do everything in the third person. Performance is about being someone else.

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.

I think singing it when its done well is extremely natural. It feels great.

So much can be gained from watching other singers, seeing what they do and what they don't do, seeing how they look when they breathe, how wide they open their mouths for a high note.

An interpretation exists because of what we find between the notes.