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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

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The world went by, and we didn't get caught up in all the other things, because we didn't have time. We had no spare time. It was always thinking about training and focusing on what we wanted, our goals. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance. ↗

— Peggy Fleming

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

— Renee Fleming

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Certainly, jazz has become more of a niche, which is surprising, because it's our music. It's the national music of America. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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Every singer eventually gets around to a Christmas disc. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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

— Renee Fleming

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My parents were both high-school music teachers. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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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. ↗

— Renee Fleming

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