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 WINEHOUSEAt Age 11, I used to listen to Madonna’s Immaculate Collection every day
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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.
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If you don’t throw yourself into something, you’ll never know what you could have had.
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I’m not frightened of appearing vulnerable.
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I can’t be arsed with game players. I’m more ‘I like you, do you like me? Let’s go and do something about it.’ I’m a very straightforward person like that.
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I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.
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I wouldn’t be with a man who was scared of me, but I don’t think men are scared of me – look at me, I’m tiny. I don’t think I’m capable of putting anyone off. I’m a nice girl.
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I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist, but I don’t like girls pretending to be stupid because it’s easier.
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Christina Aguilera has her own style, so good on her. I don’t think anyone’s every told her to put on some leather chaps and get her noonie out. She’s an amazing singer but a lot of her music I can’t even hear.
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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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I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.
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My husband is everything to me and without him it’s just not the same.
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If 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.
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The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.
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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.
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I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don’t know what I do, then the next day the memory returns. And then I am engulfed in shame.
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