I have adored Richard Burton since I was 9 years old and I am now 53. I love to hear him speak; movies, interviews or recitation. There will NEVER be another like him!❤
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 Burton perfected his projection by standing in a quarry and concentrating on creating an echo without raising his volume. His father, depicted on the photograph, was a Welsh coal miner. His specialty was to arrive at an uncovered vein and strike the seam so that the whole vein would crackle and collapse, saving hours of work for the men. Burton spoke Welsh before English, giving him the background of one of the last languages to survive from Atlantis. The others are Basque and Hungarian.
No, he developed his voicelike a virtuoso instrument by constant elecution exercises and concentrated practice in oration for the art of the theatre. He was an artist - with a magnificent gift… There are heavy smokers all over the world - none of them sound like THAT.
A remarkable and fascinating man. The Burton diaries are well worth reading and really provide an insight in to the mind of this erudite and eclectic man.
@kateboulton8789 Yes please do. I thoroughly enjoyed them and I found Burton to be a very thoughtful and interesting man. If you are interested in such hings then I can also recommend the letters of Vincent Van Gogh.
You know, I’ve always been in love with Orson Welles’ voice. I would watch any movie or documentary that he was in or his voice was narrating just to hear it. But I often forget that singularly Richard Burton had a place way up there for the same thing…a command of the written word and a voice that was just fascinating.
This was first spoken by Dylan Thomas when in the company of Richard Burton. Both were in a pub having a beer and Richard Burton was debating with another on the subject of the best poem in the English language. Dylan Thomas intervened in the debate with the words recited by Richard Burton in this short recording.
In 1980 I was stationed in South Korea. My wife flew in to visit for a few weeks and we took a short trip to Hong Kong. On Sunday we went to a Catholic church for mass. When the priest started his sermon he sounded exactly like Richard Burton. I was floored and paid rapt attention.
What poem? The present tense of the verb to be is a poem? The greatest poem in the English language? Does that go for other languages as well? Sorry, I find the whole notion a joke.
In my recording collection is the BBC cast recording of "Under Milkwood" by Dylan Thomas. Richard Burton is the narrator. This is a extraordinary production with an all-Welsh cast. Richard Burton's voice continues to reverberate in the mind long afterwards. He was also superb with Peter O"Toole in the film "Becket". Neither of them ever received an Academy Award.
Several copies of that production of Under Milkwood are here on youtube. Peter O'Toole played Captain Cat. Elizabeth Taylor played Rosie. It is a glorious reading.
It was a masterclass in acting & shoes those that dole out Oscars know little about acting, so perhaps the fact neither Burton or O’Toole won Oscar’s is testament to their talent!
Burton didn’t need reminder cards from assistants to say his lines either, no matter how long. They don’t make em like that anymore, not even close. Film and stage used to be art. Truly one of the greatest actors of all time.
Richard Burton Was a Pure Genius!!!!! The Greatest Orator and Actor In Hollywood History. This Powerful Poem "TO BE" Simply Blew My Mind. That Was The Genius of Richard Burton.
The new Under Milk Wood is astonishingly beautiful. All new cast apart from Richard. Hearing the beginning my heart is transfixed. Love him and not because I’m Welsh! 💕🇬🇧🏴
The greatest voice of the twentieth century!..Richard Burton was pretty drunk when he recited this piece, which is part of an interview he did with Barry Norman and the whole interview is posted on RUclips.
I once had a dream, that consisted of Richard Burton, myself and Christopher Hitchens, both were debating the pros and cons of Irish whiskey, I just listened.
You used to get such great actors with such powerful gravitas and deeply distinctive voices, such as Richard Burton, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, James Mason, Patrick McGoohan, etc.
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost; I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shades in love and death's oblivion lost; And yet I am! and live with shadows tost Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, Into the living sea of waking dreams, Where there is neither sense of life nor joys, But the vast shipwreck of my life's esteems; And e'en the dearest- that I loved the best- Are strange- nay, rather stranger than the rest. I long for scenes where man has never trod; A place where woman never smil'd or wept; There to abide with my creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept: Untroubling and untroubled where I lie; The grass below- above the vaulted sky. (John Clare)
This Welshman, whose first language was Welsh, had a voice that earned him millions. He could Act too, by the way. His voice was like velvet and captured your interest from the start. Cool & even and melodic. He hadn’t ‘it’ in spades whatever he was talking about. Poetic. Homeric. Just in his genes, that’s all you can say.
Il n'a pas donné toute l'ampleur de son génie, trop de films commerciaux, hélas ont contrecarré la plus belle voix du Théâtre et Cinéma mondial, je fais parti de ces cinéphiles dont le regret éternel est qu'il n'ait pas eu le rôle du consul alcoolique dans le film de John Huston : "au dessous de volcan"dont il aurait fait une interprétation hallucinante. Dans un rêve, je l'écoute dire les poèmes de Rupert Brooke, et le monde devient plus harmonieux.
With this beautiful song, Richard Barton once again showed that he is an actor with the most beautiful voice. No one is equal to him. His voice is reminiscent of thick white wine that you gently pour into a crystal glass. Is there a recorded song about Ozimndias with Barton? If there is, give it to us. It would be a real pleasure to listen to Ozimandias in his performance!
Conjugation of the verb to be, I am, you are, he, she or it is, we are, you are and they are. I leaned conjugation in my Spanish Class and had missed it in my English Classes.
to be or not to be , he was , he is , the shadow in the darkened place where the wind whispers upon dry grass. words of a forgotten lover that beckon as a siren's song upon the ears of the unguarded.
Just one of the women of Liz Taylor's time much more beautiful than Taylor is Sophia Loren. And, at 88, still more beautiful than Taylor in her hey-day. (Not to mention more beautiful than Taylor in her 'gin soaked lush' days.)
Don't you have an opinion on Richards whole persona?. It's like saying nice steak when you are eating filet mignon. He didn't just act. He performed. He was exceleranting
The greatest poem in the language is Richard Burton reading Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. It is described as a play for voices because there isn’t really a word for it. But to me it is a poem like no other and Richard Burton reading it just sends it into something created by the Gods
Can you imagine being Elizabeth Taylor? She never did strike me as an extraordinary woman...She was pretty and had the most striking eyes ever...He was a mesmerising poet. When poetry and beauty merged together in such a way...there was magic in the air and the most enchanting stories would fill our fantasies for a long time to come. However reality is rude and never what it proposed to be. To each his own but these two eventually were never meant to be.
He was too intelligent for them all. Hollywood wouldn't even give him an Oscar because he left them standing. He soared and his fans knew it - he was his own man.
I too think he looks like Bill Murray, but there the likeness ends, Bill Murray was as funny as tooth ache while Burton when sober was endlessly talented.
He, like Anthony Hopkins, was a boyo (South Wales working class). Alcohol was obligatory, although Hopkins pulled himself back from the brink. Interestingly they both acted with Peter O'Toole when he was playing King Henry II. In Burton's case, the film was Becket (1964) and for Hopkins it was The Lion in Winter (1968).
He never took the fame game too seriously. Compared with the harsh existence of mining families in Wales, I don't think he ever saw acting as a proper job. By his own admission, he would have preferred to have played rugby for Wales!
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A voice like a cello in a coal pit, tough and gentle, soothing and urgent. A man who brought his cathedral on stage with him.
Thanks…….beautifully described.
The Welsh
jane murphy
Pseuds Corner...???
@jaynemurohy1667, Nicely written!
More like a drunkard's voice who farts in church and then sits in his own pew.
Overrated pompous drunkard.
He was simply THE VOICE , his legacy is the privilege to listen him and the emotion that produces. Richard Burton is in the Olympus of acting.
Richard Burton's voice feels like intellectual music to my ears.
Perfectly put.
Pretty impressive for a constant drunk
Michael paget
Sounds impressive but not a clue what you mean.
I have adored Richard Burton since I was 9 years old and I am now 53. I love to hear him speak; movies, interviews or recitation. There will NEVER be another like him!❤
Me too. I'm 67
Just ask Elizabeth Taylor..
Agree
Verb conjugation like you've never heard or felt it before. What an artist! Wonderful!
I would certainly say so. Well put!
RIP Richard Burton (November 10, 1925 - August 5, 1984), aged 58
You will be remembered as a legend.
Too young.
Richard Burton could read the phone book cover to cover and I'd go weak at the knees, what a beautiful voice.
What exactly is a phone book anyway? I've only seen people in elementary school shows rip them in half
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 Burton perfected his projection by standing in a quarry and concentrating on creating an echo without raising his volume. His father, depicted on the photograph, was a Welsh coal miner. His specialty was to arrive at an uncovered vein and strike the seam so that the whole vein would crackle and collapse, saving hours of work for the men. Burton spoke Welsh before English, giving him the background of one of the last languages to survive from Atlantis. The others are Basque and Hungarian.
Me too....think how lucky Elizabeth was to have that voice right in her ear while making love ❤️
get a life
me too
It was said about Richard Burton that when he was speaking to you, no one else existed.
He had the most amazing voice ever 👌
100% right, Ingrid.
A man who developed his voice like a virtuoso on a musical instrument.
Excellent comparison!
He was a heavy smoker since the age of 8 (by his own admission) Perhaps that was how he “developed his voice like a virtuoso on a musical instrument”
No, he developed his voicelike a virtuoso instrument by constant elecution exercises and concentrated practice in oration for the art of the theatre. He was an artist - with a magnificent gift… There are heavy smokers all over the world - none of them sound like THAT.
A remarkable and fascinating man. The Burton diaries are well worth reading and really provide an insight in to the mind of this erudite and eclectic man.
Thanks for that mention. I wasn't aware of them. I shall look them up.
@kateboulton8789 Yes please do. I thoroughly enjoyed them and I found Burton to be a very thoughtful and interesting man. If you are interested in such hings then I can also recommend the letters of Vincent Van Gogh.
I didn’t know that. I have to look into it.
You know, I’ve always been in love with Orson Welles’ voice. I would watch any movie or documentary that he was in or his voice was narrating just to hear it. But I often forget that singularly Richard Burton had a place way up there for the same thing…a command of the written word and a voice that was just fascinating.
Totally astonishing and captivating,a legend truly missed.
I really enjoyed the War of the Worlds album with Richard Burton narrating. Great narration, music and story
This was first spoken by Dylan Thomas when in the company of Richard Burton. Both were in a pub having a beer and Richard Burton was debating with another on the subject of the best poem in the English language. Dylan Thomas intervened in the debate with the words recited by Richard Burton in this short recording.
Speaks to Thomas' power as a poet and Burton's different but maybe equal abilities as an narrator. What a video.
@bustercrabbe8447 looks about right! Perhaps a little on the light side if anything 😂
In 1980 I was stationed in South Korea. My wife flew in to visit for a few weeks and we took a short trip to Hong Kong. On Sunday we went to a Catholic church for mass. When the priest started his sermon he sounded exactly like Richard Burton. I was floored and paid rapt attention.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS POEM BY THE GREATEST ACTOR & ORATOR IN FILM HISTORY.
What poem? The present tense of the verb to be is a poem? The greatest poem in the English language? Does that go for other languages as well? Sorry, I find the whole notion a joke.
@@alicemi4155Poetry is language; without the present tense of the verb to be, Language doesn't exist, Poetry doesn't exist; yet It is.
In my recording collection is the BBC cast recording of "Under Milkwood" by Dylan Thomas. Richard Burton is the narrator. This is a extraordinary production with an all-Welsh cast. Richard Burton's voice continues to reverberate in the mind long afterwards.
He was also superb with Peter O"Toole in the film "Becket". Neither of them ever received an Academy Award.
O'Toole was nominated eight times and never won, but was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2003.
I saw the film 6 times. We were studying the original French text by Jean Anouih at school. This was an easy way to revise
Several copies of that production of Under Milkwood are here on youtube. Peter O'Toole played Captain Cat. Elizabeth Taylor played Rosie. It is a glorious reading.
It was a masterclass in acting & shoes those that dole out Oscars know little about acting, so perhaps the fact neither Burton or O’Toole won Oscar’s is testament to their talent!
He truly had a remarkable voice!
Yes
Burton didn’t need reminder cards from assistants to say his lines either, no matter how long. They don’t make em like that anymore, not even close. Film and stage used to be art. Truly one of the greatest actors of all time.
You were there?
@@NaturalRagman I was; I don't recall seeing Mike.
One of his party tricks was to stand on the table with a cigarette and a glass of whisky, reciting the sonnets of Shakespeare.....backwards.
ThE"VOICE"❤"Highly intellectual individual &truly "GIFTED " BLESSING'S 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼"SHALOM "
Brilliant , he has way with words, I love his voice, great actor all time.
Richard Burton had an epic voice.
Yes very hearable
He could do everything and be utterly fascinating
He'd be on screen/stage doing nothing and absolutely everything. Charismatic with a presence which was God given.
Richard Burton Was a Pure Genius!!!!!
The Greatest Orator and Actor In Hollywood History.
This Powerful Poem "TO BE" Simply Blew My Mind.
That Was The Genius of Richard Burton.
The new Under Milk Wood is astonishingly beautiful. All new cast apart from Richard. Hearing the beginning my heart is transfixed. Love him and not because I’m Welsh! 💕🇬🇧🏴
Hello Linda
How are you doing today?
The Welsh language seems to be the highest foundation for the most melodic voices in speaking and song.
lol...this has nothing to do with the "Welsh language", you cretin.
Elaborate
@@peeonthepenski4729
Me?
Well, he's speaking English, and so Welsh has nothing to do with it.
Anything else is just wishful thinking.
@@prophetascending9021 not you the guy who made the comment
I'm pretty sure I agree with you
Funnily enough, I know an Australian pastor who was taught by an American pastor and both agreed that in heaven, all the singing will be in Welsh.
there are still some men with the same rich intensity of Burton hidden deep in the welsh valleys but the world will never see them
Well dig em up.
Too bad isn't it
it's probably for the best. The world as is probably would find a way to destroy them . GOD knows who they are and why they have those fabulous voices
Protect them from this outer world at all cost.❤❤
So sad he has left this earth but his wonderful voice, cultivated by his Welsh education,will endure.
A BRILLIANT ACTOR ! The voice of GOD. The speech of knowledge. He commanded what he did. A rare talent. A rare man. Miss him.
God has a New York accent.
That man is thoroughly and most righteously blazed. And therefore I adore him.
The greatest voice of the twentieth century!..Richard Burton was pretty drunk when he recited this piece, which is part of an interview he did with Barry Norman and the whole interview is posted on RUclips.
His voice was elegant, and he was so ruggedly handsome.
Like being in Latin class taught in English by a splendid teacher who makes you want to remember
I had that Latin teacher,mr warriner
Richard Burton was One of the greatest inglish Artist and have a powerful VOICE.Never forgotten.
WELSH! HE WAS WELSH.
Richard Burton like gems are not created everyday
I once had a dream, that consisted of Richard Burton, myself and Christopher Hitchens, both were debating the pros and cons of Irish whiskey, I just listened.
Are you sure it was a dream? Think you may have been a fly on the wall
The Great Man certainly had a distinctive, unmistakable, truly identifiable and monumental voice. He was unique and a true one off. 👏
This response is actually what dylan Thomas said when Burton asked him what is the greatest poem written when they was in a bar *fyi*
This always amazes me. Everytime I listen to it it's like the first time
Wow! THAT can take you as deep as it is possible to go.
You used to get such great actors with such powerful gravitas and deeply distinctive voices, such as Richard Burton, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, James Mason, Patrick McGoohan, etc.
Wow! Unexpectedly beautiful.👍😊
OMG! I love his voice! ❤❤❤
Hello Kelly
How are you doing today?
Bombed out of his mind and I love him. ❤
He does seem to be fairly well along.
The greatest actor and luinguist in Stage and Cinematic History.
He actually did a lot less theatre than he is often credited with ... but he did it momentously
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows,
My friends forsake me like a memory lost;
I am the self-consumer of my woes,
They rise and vanish in oblivious host,
Like shades in love and death's oblivion lost;
And yet I am! and live with shadows tost
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise,
Into the living sea of waking dreams,
Where there is neither sense of life nor joys,
But the vast shipwreck of my life's esteems;
And e'en the dearest- that I loved the best-
Are strange- nay, rather stranger than the rest.
I long for scenes where man has never trod;
A place where woman never smil'd or wept;
There to abide with my creator, God,
And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept:
Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;
The grass below- above the vaulted sky. (John Clare)
How lovely, thank you.
Really beautiful. Thank you. I hadnt heard this.
What a gem and a pleasure to discover. Thank you.
mizofan this reminds me of the following proverb:
Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Prov 14:10
🙏🙏🙏
Richard Burton had a voice which draws one's heart to the Ears in fathom.
PURE POET.....HANDSOME.....BEAUTIFUL ACTOR.....GENEROUS....LOYAL TO HIS CRAFT & FAMILY!!
What a voice and personality!
This Welshman, whose first language was Welsh, had a voice that earned him millions. He could Act too, by the way. His voice
was like velvet and captured your interest from the start. Cool & even and melodic. He hadn’t ‘it’ in spades whatever he was
talking about. Poetic. Homeric. Just in his genes, that’s all you can say.
Beautifully done with the soundtrack. A cinephile, no doubt.
I always associate this with his reading of the war of the worlds, when he pauses and says "They are.." I always think he is speaking of the martians
Thank you for showing me this
Burton
A Voice, worth Remembering for its Artistic Beauty.
Says much about the Man Himself.
And now Richard Burton reading his shopping list.
They.......are......out of milk
would be wonderful to hear Im sure.
Vodka, vodka, vodka. Cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes. Complete Works of William Shakespeare, dental floss, bacon, eggs, box of matches, tobacco, ham, rope, toadstools, cinnamon, lemonade, canned salmon, shoe wax, Tom Jones Greatest Hits. Vodka, vodka, vodka. Cigarettes, cigarettes, cigarettes.
Matt Newman not funny.
mikelheron20 ....whiskey, 2 scotch, 3 cases Heineken. ,3 vodka. ...chips. weekly list? Know I'm forgetting sumpin. ...
Il n'a pas donné toute l'ampleur de son génie, trop de films commerciaux, hélas ont contrecarré la plus belle voix du Théâtre et Cinéma mondial, je fais parti de ces cinéphiles dont le regret éternel est qu'il n'ait pas eu le rôle du consul alcoolique dans le film de John Huston : "au dessous de volcan"dont il aurait fait une interprétation hallucinante.
Dans un rêve, je l'écoute dire les poèmes de Rupert Brooke, et le monde devient plus harmonieux.
Half of the credits goes to Chesterfield cigarettes.
YOU are , Mr. Burton . You are.
Oh how i love his voice!
Hello Mary
How are you doing today?
Burton and O'Toole are two of the greatest thespians.
and great friends!
Sadly both are probably in hell.
Please don’t use the word thespians. It’s naff. Actors will suffice,
With this beautiful song, Richard Barton once again showed that he is an actor with the most beautiful voice. No one is equal to him. His voice is reminiscent of thick white wine that you gently pour into a crystal glass. Is there a recorded song about Ozimndias with Barton? If there is, give it to us. It would be a real pleasure to listen to Ozimandias in his performance!
Magnificent voice indeed
Conjugation of the verb to be, I am, you are, he, she or it is, we are, you are and they are. I leaned conjugation in my Spanish Class and had missed it in my English Classes.
What a beautiful voice he’s a great loss to acting
Hello Linda
How are you doing today?
to be or not to be , he was , he is , the shadow in the darkened place where the wind whispers upon dry grass. words of a forgotten lover that beckon as a siren's song upon the ears of the unguarded.
It is nooooo wonder that the most beautiful woman of her time was insanely in love with him...I am too! He is just captivating. Just riveting.
Just one of the women of Liz Taylor's time much more beautiful than Taylor is Sophia Loren.
And, at 88, still more beautiful than Taylor in her hey-day. (Not to mention more beautiful than Taylor in her 'gin soaked lush' days.)
With that voice, he could mesmerize his listeners by simply reading a phone book. It slays me every time I hear him.
Broadsword calling Danny boy some of the finest lines in the English language 😂 cheers Rich
I'll never tire of that film. Just those words send shivers down my spine.
The Spy Who Came in From The Cold. Loved that thriller.
Not finding Burton's voice to be that exceptional, I am stunned by all the fangirling recorded here
I would have loved to hear him recite "The Raven".
I liked Richard Burton as an actor. I like Russell Crowe . He's .my favorite actor today
First time I heard Russell in gladiator. I thought of Richard Burton..
Don't you have an opinion on Richards whole persona?. It's like saying nice steak when you are eating filet mignon. He didn't just act. He performed. He was exceleranting
Incredible voice
Pure brilliance
I am just learning how much of a fan of Richard Burton and Dylan Thomas, Johnny Depp is! and a lot of things are making sense.❤
That is some intense conjugation!
Love his voice can listen to him all day
Great voice Richard!
Great man his words dialogues amazes me every time i 1:09 watch him speak
Burton. Amazing.
That was incredible
Always sounds like grandad who I called Dada...love them both
When actors were actors
Not sure how I got here, but that was fucking amazing.
+fe edd --- Perhaps Step One was the action denoted by the word which enhances your description of "amazing."
Even three sheets to the wind he was fascinating.
the voice, the rhythm...drama
Burton being Burton, so very very good
Nice to see Burton again...We are who we are..I am..
great voice...great talent. Something to ( if you wish to be an actor)...to aspire to
That man could’ve made the phone book sound interesting. You don’t get that sort of voice in movies any more.
The greatest poem in the language is Richard Burton reading Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas. It is described as a play for voices because there isn’t really a word for it. But to me it is a poem like no other and Richard Burton reading it just sends it into something created by the Gods
Never did another voice come close to that.
You have to remember that English wasn't even Burton's first language. That was Welsh (Cymraig), which he always spoke with his family.
Not gonna lie - Rob Brydon bought me here
Me too, but what is he on about?
I've been looking for the Brydon clip. He does it better!
Mr .Creosote Best RUclips member name. Best reply. Thou deep.#waferthin
Would love to hear the Jamaican version of this
Jim X SAME
Can you imagine being Elizabeth Taylor? She never did strike me as an extraordinary woman...She was pretty and had the most striking eyes ever...He was a mesmerising poet. When poetry and beauty merged together in such a way...there was magic in the air and the most enchanting stories would fill our fantasies for a long time to come. However reality is rude and never what it proposed to be. To each his own but these two eventually were never meant to be.
He was too intelligent for them all. Hollywood wouldn't even give him an Oscar because he left them standing. He soared and his fans knew it - he was his own man.
A beautiful velvet Welsh voice❤
At certain angles, the likeness of Bill Murray makes brief appearances.
My very thought and if you hadn't said it, I was about to.
I too think he looks like Bill Murray, but there the likeness ends, Bill Murray was as funny as tooth ache while Burton when sober was endlessly talented.
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i have always thought so!! YES! Omgoodness Im not alone there huh? lol Wowww.
Irish. Carroll O'Connor too (Archie Bunker).
Never mind the voice...hear the mind behind it.
This is all about the present moment,we cannot know yesterday or tomorrow we can only know now.This moment is the heavenly moment.
I've always thought that if you could ever hear God's voice, it would sound like Richard Burton.
Agree
I have. It doesn't.
Perhaps it's no coincidence that Hollywood seem to think that it's Morgan Freeman's voice that god uses ... the baritone gives gravitas perhaps.
His voice was great
@@Johnconno : You haven't, you only imagined.
Spent most of his life on women and alcohol and wasted the rest !!! But has an instantly recognisable voice and a real feeling for words and poetry .
He, like Anthony Hopkins, was a boyo (South Wales working class). Alcohol was obligatory, although Hopkins pulled himself back from the brink. Interestingly they both acted with Peter O'Toole when he was playing King Henry II. In Burton's case, the film was Becket (1964) and for Hopkins it was The Lion in Winter (1968).
He never took the fame game too seriously. Compared with the harsh existence of mining families in Wales, I don't think he ever saw acting as a proper job. By his own admission, he would have preferred to have played rugby for Wales!
This sounds every bit like a man completely in love with the sound of his own voice.