At this point, the nameLeslie Odom, Jr.is inextricably linked with that ofAaron Burr.
Odom also won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Grammy as a principal soloist.
I did not see Sam Cooke in me."
That they would take that experience of Sam and then [write a song].
Because the task was so great, we wrote four different songs" (viaEntertainment Weekly).
“The movie is so special to me.
Sam Cooke is dear to us all.
We tried to hide that in the song we wrote.
In ‘Speak Now’ we’ve called out to young people.
It is an urgent call to action to speakset alongside our urging them to first listen.
Listen… and then speak.
We listen for instruction, for inspiration.
Malcolm left them for us.
So Sam Ashworth and I listened to them all.
And then we wrote.”
