I’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know.
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.
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I’d like to be remembered as someone who wasn’t satisfied with just one level of musicianship as someone who was a pioneer.
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I would say that jazz is my own language.
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Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need.
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I don’t ever wanna drink again, I just, ooh I just need a friend.
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I 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.
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I’ve got a crush on my backing singer.
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I like stylish men although I’m someone who sees a man who’s not dressed right and think what I could do with him to make him cute. I’m a typical Jewish woman like that.
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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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My husband is everything to me and without him it’s just not the same.
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I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.
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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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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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I was expecting it to be cynical because I’m like that myself. I wouldn’t want it to be all roses because life isn’t like that.
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I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
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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.
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