I Want To Keep My Voice Young,

While It's A Fact That A Voice Begins With Natural Talent, Any Talent Must Be Nurtured, Cajoled, Wrestled With Pampered, Challenged, And, At Every Turn, Examined.

Someone Once Said That There Are Probably Seven Naturally Good Singing Days In A Year-and Those Are Days You Won't Be Booked. What We Must Learn Is How To Sing Through All The Other Days.

We Sing With The Entire Body. The Sounds That We Make Emanate Not Just From The Head, But From The Whole Heart And Soul, And, Most Important, The Gut.

Your Brain Has A Music Room, And Evolution Would Not Have Gone To The Trouble Of Designing That If It Didn't Have Some Benefits. So, That Suggests To Me That We And Our Ancestors Have Had Music As A Central Part Of Our Experience For Eons. And We're Just Beginning To Understand How That Might Be. I Think That's Fascinating.

Certainly, Jazz Has Become More Of A Niche, Which Is Surprising, Because It's Our Music. It's The National Music Of America.