He says his message is that you can do anything if you put your mind to it.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

"To tell you the truth,I had sung . all the songs I knew, and I am going ' What am I going to do now,'" "And in my mind I'm going 'you know, this is the freedom that my generation is looking for,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

"And what's a little surprising about that is that you don't come to Congress to make friends because if you do, you're not coming to be independent and have your own mind and so what a great surprise it has been to make such great friends."

VOA: standard.2010.08.07