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.
AMY WINEHOUSEHere in England, everyone’s a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.
More Amy Winehouse Quotes
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All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it’s with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.
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Life’s short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts.
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The dark covers me and I cannot run now.
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If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.
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I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.
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I’ve always written poetry but I didn’t realise it was a therapy for me until I was maybe 15. That’s when my singing started to come together as well because I was listening to so much jazz. What I love I will always embrace.
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I’m always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it’s really nasty there but it’s not.
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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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Over futile odds, and laughed at by the gods And now the final frame. Love is a losing game.
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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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I don’t need help because if I can’t help myself I can’t be helped.
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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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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 love to live and I live to love.
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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.
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