There are certain songs I cannot hear because they are so personal that it hurts me to listen.
AMY WINEHOUSEThere are certain songs I cannot hear because they are so personal that it hurts me to listen.
AMY WINEHOUSEI know I’m talented, but I wasn’t put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’m not very ambitious at all.
AMY WINEHOUSEHaving 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 WINEHOUSEYou’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.
AMY WINEHOUSESisters come before carpet burns and blisters.
AMY WINEHOUSEI don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.
AMY WINEHOUSEI read a lot when I’m travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’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.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’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.
AMY WINEHOUSEIt’s important for me to be with a musician or someone who has a creative mind.
AMY WINEHOUSELife happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can’t control or change.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’d like to be remembered as someone who wasn’t satisfied with just one level of musicianship as someone who was a pioneer.
AMY WINEHOUSEMy justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know.
AMY WINEHOUSEI 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