Chung's initial moment of inspiration came while she was watching television with her older sister one day. They chanced upon a program on Maori music, rare footage indeed given how sealed off Taiwan was from the outside world in those days.
鍾適芳最早的音樂啟蒙，來自幼時有回與姊姊看電視，螢幕上突然介紹起紐西蘭毛利族的音樂，那是當年資訊閉塞的台灣難得聽聞的珍稀聲響，讓兩姊妹大感驚奇。