But Hsu Tsang-houei explains, "I believe the native consciousness his music expresses truly reflects the style of Taiwanese songwriting in the transitional period (between Japanese rule and Taiwan's retrocession to the ROC) in the 1940's and 1950's. His Taiwanese-dialect songs in particular combine appealing lyrics and melodies and are beyond compare in their display of genuine and direct feelings."
但是，「他的音樂所表現的本土意識，我相信相當真實地反映著民國卅至四○年間，台灣樂壇轉變時期（從日據轉至中華民國）歌曲的風格，尤其他的台語歌曲，在平易近人的歌詞與歌曲的配合中，充分顯出他樸實而正直的感受，是無人能比的」，許常惠如此評論。