He didn't permit himself or others to stop learning for an instant. There weren't many who could work with him, "recalls Han Hsien-kwang, who worked many years with Hsueh in the Huan-yen band.
他不能容忍自己和別人一分鐘停止學習，能和他一起作事的人也不多」，和薛岳搭檔多年的幻眼合唱團團長韓賢光，相當佩服薛岳對音樂始終如一的狂熱精神。