But when the topic shifted to La Russa's condemnation of Valentine, the booming voice flattened.
However often the topic shifted in a 75-minute discussion, the talk invariably came back to making discs.
Wisely, when the topic shifted to birtherism – the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was not born in the US – Clinton did not engage in a debate on the subject.
Then the topic shifted to Granderson's offensive surge and whether he felt "locked in" at the plate after adjusting his swing in the second half.
When the topic shifted to politics, the President told me that Mubarak had been brought down by the corruption of his underlings, and that the same thing was happening with Morsi, who at that time was still in power.
But by 1645, the topic shifts slightly to whether the mind can control the body, particularly its passions.
After deciding I had but two strengths, the topic shifted to family matters.
So it came as no surprise that after laughing about some shared travel experiences, the topic shifted.
After dispensing with the who, what, where and why of his sterling, Series-tying perfonmance on Sunday, the topic shifted toward Holland's skill at impressions.
Things, however, got genuinely interesting, uncomfortable and weird when the topic shifted to the sex-tape (which Hunter said she tried to destroy) featuring the former presidential candidate and his one-time videographer.
In a conversation about Trump's nebulous relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, the topic shifted to why the Republican Party's platform was softened on the subject of arming Ukraine to push back against Russian aggression.
