I didn't realize how quickly one can get a response around here. Thank you, katlaughing, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really liked the title of the thread, that's what got me going. I hope others write about it now as if the title were Why I Sing (or Why We Sing), just simply, like that. Why do you sing? Why is it that some people don't? What is it about the human voice, the sound(s), speech, pitch, timbre, etc.? Is it special? Or do we just love the sound of our own voices? Do others? How does it affect them? How are you affected, yourself, when you sing? Is sound sacred? Is the use of sound today desecrated? What role does singing, or learning to sing or learning music, have in early childhood education? (Well, let's keep it within the title of the essay) There are so many questions I have. Feel free to comment...