His interest in them sprang from his earlier social movement work. Back then he had frequently made merry with Aborigines, hitting the bottle and talking until the wee hours. "I'd often heard the singer Kimbo Hu tell stories about Aboriginal life.
他對原住民題材的興趣，來自於從事社會運動時，常和當時的原住民運動健將們把酒言歡，徹夜暢談，「當時聽歌手胡德夫他們講了一堆動人的原住民故事，這些東西就一直深藏我心，從來沒離開過。」