The seven-syllable rhyming of Taiwanese opera and the spoken rhyming parts of hand puppet songs both left their mark. "Before I left home, 30 % of my fate, like anyone else's, was predetermined. I'm a boastful warrior turtle.
歌仔戲的七字調，布袋戲押韻的口白：「未出茅廬，生死定三分，大俠膨風龜……」，藝霞歌舞團的載歌載舞，都在他生命早年留下刻痕，上千首國、台、英語歌曲調子，旋律經常縈繞耳際。