"The main features of capitalism are competition, specialization, and a refined division of labor," he explains. Artists in New York could create very pluralized types of art in that environment, "but I was already32 years old, and that's too old, so I couldn't become so specialized, so how could I compete with those guys?"
「資本主義的特色就是競爭、專業化、分工細」，羅大佑以介於香港及台灣之間的說話速度分析他的想法：紐約的藝術家可以在此環境下創造出極多元的藝術型態，「而我那時已卅二歲，太老了，無法那麼專業，怎麼和人競爭？」