Odom reflects, “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. Sam left them. So Sam Ashworth and I listened to them all. And then we wrote.”