To understand the music of the Ami or any other indigenous people, says Ming Li-kuo, "you first have to 'let go' --you have to rid yourself of certain habits of today's consumer society," including concepts such as "composer" or "vocalist," which are simply not appropriate.
要理解阿美族﹘﹘或是其他的原住民音樂，「首先需要『放下』﹘ ﹘先去除如今在消費社會裡的一些習慣」，明立國說，例如所謂「音樂作曲者、演唱者」等的概念，就一律不適用。