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.
AMY WINEHOUSEI’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.
More Amy Winehouse Quotes
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I’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.
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I’m a young woman and I’m going to write about what I know.
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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 can’t be arsed with game players. I’m more ‘I like you, do you like me? Let’s go and do something about it.’ I’m a very straightforward person like that.
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I would love to study guitar or trumpet.
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There’s no point in saying anything but the truth.
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My 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.
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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’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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I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.
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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 don’t care what people think about me. Never did, never will. Life is too short to be worrying about that shit.
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Since I was 16, I’ve felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.
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I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.
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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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If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
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I didn’t think it was special to be able to sing.
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I’m a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can’t.
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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 don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.
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I can’t help you if you won’t help yourself.
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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 can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.
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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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I had a real stage school voice and I could do loud things, but it’s not about being loud, it’s about sensitivity and subtlety in music. You can do so much more with a quiet voice than with a belter.
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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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