No dreams, only life

But he refuses to pin down his style.

"We're not into one single style. We want to share anything good. Anything can come into music, which is so boundless," he says.

Since picking up a guitar at age 6, Perhat has been constantly experimenting, including a fling with death metal. Qetiq's first album, in 2013, is Rock from Taklimakan Desert.

Two new albums, one in Uygur and another translated into Chinese, will be recorded later this year.

"He's a one of a kind singer, telling stories in ways nobody else can," says Wang Feng, a Chinese musician and a judge on Voice of China.

Perhat says: " (My music) is simple, as I am honest, balanced, nothing in excess. You say what you like."

No wonder he doesn't have a dream.

"I do the things I really love. When things are done well, dreams will come to me."