He would go to bed after dinner. But he could hear the orchestra playing until three in the morning.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

Event organizers define "airness" as the ability of a performer to go beyond playing an imaginary guitar to create a new art form.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

"You know,I was playing basketball with so and so and so maybe I can go ask him or her, 'and that resource gets embedded in their head,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27