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 WINEHOUSESince I was 16, I’ve felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.
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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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If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.
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When you’re around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don’t have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day.
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Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can’t control or change.
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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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I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn’t that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.
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Music was my ultimate ambition but I liked all of it. I wanted to discipline myself in dance and acting too and I’d done all three since I was 9-years-old. I could sing, but I didn’t become a great singer.
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I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.
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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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My husband is everything to me and without him it’s just not the same.
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I’m much healthier now.
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I always try to write a song to work things out with myself and I want to do it with a little punchline at the end, because I never want to remember anything bad in my life.
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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 love America, it’s a much more permissive place.
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Here in England, everyone’s a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.
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