Bob Ezrin: The Square And The Faggots
Nick Kent, NME, 18 August 1973
"DETACHMENT. Yes, that's it exactly. We were both talking about that. Lou said last night: 'This album is an exercise in detachment and apathy'. I mean, that sense of detachment is something most people would give their left nuts to attain and it just oozes out of Louis so naturally."
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