I listen to no one, he said. Only Bill Evans playing piano. People just get in the way, he told her. All they want is to hear themselves.  Talk about this. Yell about that. It’s a nuisance.

That’s bleak, she told him. Sad, really. But, I do like Bill Evans.

Yes. The Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian playing drums. That’s all I need.

Really?

Yeah. I walked out of a psychiatrist session one time when the doctor said Paul Chambers was better than LaFaro. 

You’re kidding me.

No. I never went back, he paused. And it was then. Truly then that I realized how much I hated people.

That’s crazy, she laughed.

Have you met me? He laughed.

They kissed and called it a night.