When I sing I feel I need an amplifier. I have a quiet voice and have been talking in a low register all my life. In highschool choir I was put in the alto section. A year later they put me in second soprano (maybe because I was singing louder?) Now I feel I have to sing higher to get the sound I want, but this is still different from my talking voice. And this seems fakey and wrong, so I'm still pretty insecure about how I'm coming across when singing although people tell me I have a very pretty voice (I'm always thinking "They're just trying not to hurt my feelings and tolerating it.") I took a few voice lessons. I just never know if I'm doing it "well enough." So this thread is very interesting to me. Thanks all for the info.