Well, I've been a singer all my life, but I"m just now beginning to consider myself a musician. And my voice is my instrument. The distinction for me is that being able to sing is sort of a fact of my life -- I was born to a family that values music, to a mother who sings, so I had no choice. But the training (informal) I've been doing since I joined up with Mudcat in 1999 is to learn a repertoire, learn to sing with other musicians, learn some of the mechanics of finding my key, knowing when and where to come in and go out, knowing the appropriate etiquette in the community of musicians and so forth. So ... nature and my mommy made me a singer, but Mudcat is making me a musician, and my instrument in the before and after has been and will be my voice.

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