And the end of his pitch.

"I'm the best there is, period, I'll make you better than you've ever been or could imagine, But you'll never be as good as me.

I could have gone out with Maynard and been the best damn lead trunpet player he ever had - I would have made "Scooter" (is that a real name, ha, ha) look like a junior high band reject - he wasn't even good enough for my band - he couldn't cut it, so I had to fire his a$$. As for Michael .. puhleeeze. Why didn't I go out with Maynard? Look dumba$$$$, the real question is why didn't Maynard go out with me? It boils down to there's no way I was gonna play lead behind Maynard or anyone else. When I'm out there, I'm the best, I'm the star, I know it, Maynard knew it. But Maynard's ego was too damn big for him to accept the reality of being 2nd banana behind me. I even offered to let Maynard keep his name on the marquis - it was going to be Kurt Thompson and his Boss Nouveau, featuring Maynard Fergsuon - but that wasn't good enough for his massive ego. So I told him to take a hike. The bastard didn't even want to take any lessons from me - with an attitudfe like that, how did he expct to ever get anywhere?"