Lily Brett

incredibly naive and also I was not remotely interested in the people I was, you know, I wasn't one of the girls.

Girls were throwing themselves at all of the young men, which made me really sad even in those days.

I understood there was something really wrong with that.

But I wasn't one of them.

I was so focused on what I was doing.

I think assignment is too precise a word.

It wasn't an assignment.

You know, they said they had free tickets from what was then BOAC, British Airlines now,

And so they sent me and the photographer over there with no contacts and just no instructions.

No, it was to London first, which was probably in hindsight a very good thing because...

I saw Jimi Hendrix before anybody much had heard of him.

He was not famous in America, but he was quite revered in England.

And when I saw him, I saw him in a very, very small theatre.

And I also saw that there were really mega pop stars in the audience.

But I could see straight away that he was quite electrifying.

In what way?

Oh, well, he made just the things he did with his hips and his tongue.

I'd never seen anyone do it.

I really didn't know that anyone could move their hips like that.

So I was a little terrified.