In this period, there were virtually no opportunities to perform. Because he hoped one day to return to performing, he would practice when there was no one in the shop. Sometimes while working in the ice cream shop he would absent-mindedly begin to sing, attracting a circle of onlookers. "Americans probably thought I was crazy."
這段時間裡，演出機會微乎其微，他因為指望有一天能再演出，每天趕在沒人的時候練功，遛彎兒，喊嗓子，為此在雪地裡不慎跌斷腿骨；他常在賣冰淇淋時忘情地唱將起來，引來人群圍觀，「老外八成以為我是神經病」，他說。