Because of the attention his father devoted to him, later when he was "sent down to the countryside" for manual labor in the Cultural Revolution, and later during his days in the US when "there were no performances," he still practiced, never losing his ability to sing nor his gestures and actions.
因著父親在他身上放下的心力，其後遇到文革下放鄉間，以及後來在美國「沒戲唱」的日子裡，他仍然是曲不離口，拳不離手地練著。