He said, 'I just want Rod's voice.' So he got his way, as he usually does".
Nonetheless, it gave us "be fruitful and multiply", "spare the rod", "the voice of one crying in the wilderness", "kick against the pricks" and "thou good and faithful servant", and passed on "the face of the deep" from Coverdale to the King James translators.
It would be years before I realized what she had known intuitively: an artist cannot begin to find his voice until the control rods are raised.
Up on the stage, Reverend Duff was a lightning rod for the voice.
But 41% of people thought the BBC should do fewer entertainment shows, at a time when The Voice has become a lightning rod for critics This includes culture secretary John Whittingdale, who says the BBC is guilty of aping its commercial rivals.
Teachers' unions, school superintendents and Secretary of Education Rod Paige have voiced opposition to the initiatives.
Each actor's voice, along with the visual stimulus of hot rod-esque snail shell customizations, make each character unique.
She was a leading conservative voice in the late 20th century and a lightning rod for fervent debate about cultural values.
"Who knew the election results would be a lightening rod for women to gather and raise our voice".
While Johnston makes her voice and emotions carry, Taylor uses hers like a metronome, a steel rod that clicks lightly away, while her mind plays con brio.
As the "the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans," part of the laureate's job description, a crowdsourced poem aimed at capturing the voice of a nation just seems apt.
