I would say he talk sings, meaning, his voice is not lyrical or necessarily wide ranging in musical ability, but given his iconic stature, the subject matter of his work and the acceptance of it, one must consider him a singer. However, if you picked a trained musician from another era and brought him here, they would not recognize him as a singer.
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Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα
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