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
Everybodys a work in progress. Im a work in progress. I mean, Ive never arrived… Im still learning all the time. – 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
Ive always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks. – Renee Fleming
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present. – William Lloyd Garrison