It was obviously what Rod Stewart was singing about in "Plynth- Water Down the Drain"
"I was watching Michael Parkinson interview Rod Stewart last Saturday.
Parky asked Rod about his longevity in the rock business (40 years)
and Rod said ' I thought I might last 2 months or 2 years " All I
really wanted was to make enough money to buy a sports car, an
Austin Healey Sprite so I could pull the birds"."