Renee Fleming Singing Quotations

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

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

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

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

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

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

Someone once said that there are probably seven naturally good singing days in a year-and those are days you won't be booked. What we must learn is how to sing through all the other days.

With classical singing you have to put out so much air - you project, you emit force.

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of singing.