I think, I mean, Obama's got a magnificent speaking voice, hasn't he? Whenever we wrote, we always wrote for the year. We read the speech aloud before even giving him a draft and try to get it right. The first time I could hear his own voice was when I realized I finally had it. If you've ever seen the speech, you can tell instantly that, you know, he's in a black church. There's an organist playing. One of the preachers, binders and shades. It's happening. So he always knew then he would sing it.

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