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I write songs about stuff that I can’t really get past personally – and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

Amy Winehouse

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 WINEHOUSE

Feeling Greatness Listening Myself Start
To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Adult Better Head Honesty Myself
If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Death Girl Happiness Myself
I don’t listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It’s all quite dramatic and atmospheric. You’d have an entire story in song. I never listen to, like, white music – I couldn’t sing you a Zeppelin or Floyd song.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Atmosphere Listening Music Myself Story
Cause I’m a musician, I’m not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Goodness Modeling Music Myself
Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what’s given to you on a plate.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Life Plate Reward Strike
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Bad Blue Situation Wait
Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Each Other Eyes Girl Man Talk
I’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Myself Woman Writing Young
I’d like to be remembered as someone who wasn’t satisfied with just one level of musicianship as someone who was a pioneer.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Music Myself Remember Satisfaction
I just dress like… I’m an old black man. Sorry! Like I’m an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it’s still the ’50s.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Appearance Black Myself Old
I never went round to loads of managers saying ‘this is what I have, this is my product and I’m going to be famous so you’d better sign me up.’ They came to me.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Fame Management Myself Product
And as a writer, your self-worth is literally based on the last thing you wrote.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Literal Worth Writing Yourself
I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Ability Angry Big Thinking Yourself
Some men do think I’m a psycho bunny-boiler.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Men Myself Reputation Thinking
I’m a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can’t.
AMY WINEHOUSE

Dream People Realist Yourself

I write songs about stuff that I can’t really get past personally – and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

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