i _love_ this thread! so many people tell me that they enjoy listening to me sing, and wish they had a good voice so they could sing, too. i always quote that saying from zimbabwe: if you can walk you can dance, and if you can talk you can sing! but they insist that what they really want is to sing _well_... and i insist that this too can be theirs... and they sigh and assume i don't understand.

aaaaargh!

where does this musical elitism come from? i'm glad to see that you folks all know that singing is your birthright! never stop roaring, for your sake and ours...

love, emily