When I was a little kid it was my dream to go to drama school, but it was never something I thought would happen to me. I was a Jewish girl from North London and things like that don’t happen to Jewish girls from North London called Amy Winehouse.
AMY WINEHOUSEMusic 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.
More Amy Winehouse Quotes
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I’m not a natural born performer.
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Cause there’s nothing, there’s nothing you can teach me That I can’t learn from Mr. Hathaway.
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Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
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I didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.
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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 don’t understand, Why do I stress the man, When there’s so many bigger things at hand?
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I think that we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes
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I’m of the school of thought where, if you can’t sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others.
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I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
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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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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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I don’t ever wanna drink again, I just, ooh I just need a friend.
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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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I 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.
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Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take.
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