From Philip Larkin’s review of a Mahalia Jackson biography
July 3, 2009
After a specially successful performance, with everyone crying, an admirer asked “How do you do it?” Mahalia fixed the full force of her being on him.
“Don’t you KNOW,” she said in disgust.
Greetings my learned friend. Hagop turned me ON to your blog after I inquired about the state of your person. Keep it up and prosper!