Da Robert Mack McCormick hod iba eam gsogt, Hopkins is the embodiment of the jazz-and-poetry spirit, representing its ancient form in the single creator whose words and music are one act. (boarisch: Da Hopkins is de Vakeaparung vom Geist vo Jazz-und-Lyrik, de oide Form vom ganzheidlichn Schepfa, wo Wort und Musi aus oan Guss san.)