I wonder if I should take this personally?

From "The Great Liars" (2014), a novel by Jerry Jay Carroll:

"'Those sea shanties he sang,' Pettigrew said with irritation, 'who would have thought Whiskey Johnny would have so many verses, and then there was Hog-Eye Man. How can the man keep it all in his head?'

"'He just about has total recall,' I said.

"'Jesus, what a waste of a brain.'"