Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.
AMY WINEHOUSEIf you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.
More Amy Winehouse Quotes
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I’m not trying to stay away from being a celebrity, I’m not saying, ‘I’m sooo not famous,’ I’m trying to continue being a musician in a time when everyone is very celebrity-led.
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Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.
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When I was a little kid it was my dream to go to drama school, but it was never something I thought would happen to me. I was a Jewish girl from North London and things like that don’t happen to Jewish girls from North London called Amy Winehouse.
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People say my content’s mature, I don’t think it’s mature at all. I’m just a normal 20 year old. I’m opinionated.
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Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what’s given to you on a plate.
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I can’t help you if you won’t help yourself.
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If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.
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I’m romantic. I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. The other day, I saw a tramp polishing his shoes. That just gripped my heart.
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You’ve got a degree in philosophy; so you think you’re cleverer than me. But I’m not just some drama queen. Cause it’s where you’re at, not where you’ve been.
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Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need.
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I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.
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I had a real stage school voice and I could do loud things, but it’s not about being loud, it’s about sensitivity and subtlety in music. You can do so much more with a quiet voice than with a belter.
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A song marks an occasion in my life and that’s how I live my life, by songs.
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I don’t think I’m such an amazing person who needs to be written about.
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Relationship doesn’t remain, We resonate on different flames, I could cut you down again, If you were like all other men, If you were like all other men, I know that I could shut you down again
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