Our first night in Rome--We're the 'guests from the USA.' I know what it means to be 'from the USA,' but I'm not so sure what it means to be American, having no specific identification for the word. Italians have a decent picture: including Billy the Kid & Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen (not Leonard Peltier) & they know who the President is: "what happened to Obama?" a girl at the club asks. "Business as usual in the USA," is the best I can come up with for a reply. Being American definitely means I don't speak Italian. The Italians here speak a fair amount of English & sing in English, their second, maybe third language. I sing in English, my first & only tongue. It makes me very expert & versatile with it, but I also start feeling at this show that I am singing too many words. Back in the USA I sometimes feel the same way. During the tour I try & enunciate & sing & think clearer, never the worst intention for the singer/writer. Even now.
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