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I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.

Renee Fleming

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

Renee Fleming

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

Renee Fleming

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

Renee Fleming

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.

Renee Fleming

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

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.

Renee Fleming

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

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

Renee Fleming

For years, I had no time for exploratory travel.

Renee Fleming

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

Renee Fleming

Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc.

Renee Fleming