She took lessons briefly, but in 1969 her parents returned to England and enrolled her in secretarial school, which they felt was more respectable than a career in music.
They later formed a folk band with Ken Elson and Trevor Martin called Sine Nomine, where they wrote and played their own songs.
[citation needed] In 1979, she lost her voice and took Bel canto lessons to recover it with Jean Marshall (who also had Linda Lewis as one of her students).
At the end of 1979, after her voice had recovered, she met and started to live with Nik Kershaw when he joined the band Fusion in which she was already singing.
Supporting Nik with what little money they had to make an album of his songs and place an advertisement in Melody Maker, their life of fame began.
After the final break up of their marriage, she formed a band with Martyn Hewitt and Chris Brimley based in Braintree, Essex, and has released two albums.
While working in cabaret she met American musician and composer Bruce Hamill and was married to him for several years, separating in 1979 and divorcing in 1980.