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.
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.
More Amy Winehouse Quotes
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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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If you’re nice to me I’ll never write anything bad about you.
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If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.
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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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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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Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy.
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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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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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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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When I’m nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.
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I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn’t recognize myself.
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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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To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.
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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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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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