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Dinner conversation (Andrew was the arrogant genius): Uncle: You got any friends, Andy? Andrew: No. Uncle: Oh, why's that? Andrew: I don't know, I just never really saw the use. Uncle: Well, who are you going to play with otherwise? Lennon and McCartney, they were school buddies, am I right? Andrew: Charlie Parker didn't know anybody 'til Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head. Uncle: So that's your idea of success, huh? Andrew: I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success. Jim: Dying broke and drunk and full of heroin at the age of 34 is not exactly my idea of success. Andrew: I'd rather die drunk, broke at 34 and have people at a dinner table talk about me than live to be rich and sober at 90 and nobody remembered who I was. Uncle: Ah, but your friends will remember you, that's the point. Andrew: None of us were friends with Charlie Parker. *That's* the point.