Focus: Focus And The American Hell
Tony Stewart, NME, 12 May 1973
MIDNIGHT was our cue to quit the Swiss restaurant and return, like five Cinderellas, to our hotels. It wasn't a case of trembling at the thought of changing into kitchen maids, but more of over-indulgence and weariness.
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