PoppaGator:I agree completely with what you say about ornamentation. What I meant (and maybe didn't make clear) was that I think it is best to learn your singing technique, initially, with as little ornamentation as possible. Then you can add, as a deliberate choice, whatever decoration you decide you want.
All styles (including classical) singing have their own tricks and mannerisms for adding expression and interest, but if you do these right from the start, all the time, you can get to depend on them and find it difficult to adapt your singing to a different style or deliver a song in a particular way. I didn't mean that traditional singing should or could be without such techniques.