"You jump from making my family stronger and raising my own living standards, to raising my community's living standards hopefully to raising my sub-county's living standards to raising my district's living standards, to raising my country's living standards."

VOA: special.2010.06.16

"Actually,I was very self-conscious about playing my own music in those concerts and rarely did it, in the '80s."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"We will be respectful, even when we do not agree. And we will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over so many centuries to shape the world - including my own country", "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06