Christopher Roberts says that from his background of having studied Western classical music, he sees music like that of the Ami or the natives of Papua New Guinea as the only "real music" --music which comes from the forest, the sea shore and "from home."
羅白華表示，以他修習古典音樂的背景來看，阿美族與新幾內亞的音樂，才是「真的音樂」，是來自叢林、海邊，「從家裡出來的音樂」，都一樣令他難忘。