I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long career and then I just dropped out and went to India.

I had in mind a long career.

I want to have a long career.

Luckily, I had a long career and made good money.

I've been blessed to have a long career.

We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who said we weren't commercial enough.