Amy Winehouse Quotes

Yes, I'm still going to misbehave! ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now. ~ Amy Winehouse

I've actually been compared to every female singer going from Britney, Christina, Mariah, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, everyone. And they are so different, so I think it's cool that people see me as so many different artistes but I think I'm a little different, yeah. ~ Pixie Lott

I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better. ~ Amy Winehouse

I dont ever want to do anything mediocre. I hear the music in the charts and I dont mean to be rude, but those people have no soul. Learning from music is like eating a meal - you have to pace yourself. You cant take everything from it all at once. I want to be different, definitely. Im not a one trick pony. Im at least a five-trick pony. ~ Amy Winehouse

I don't look like I've been on a week long crack binge with Amy Winehouse. ~ Triple H

And as a writer, your self-worth is literally based on the last thing you wrote. ~ Amy Winehouse

If you're nice to me I'll never write anything bad about you. ~ Amy Winehouse

I don't ever wanna drink again, I just, ooh I just need a friend ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

Other than the 'Sesame Street' soundtrack, which I was obsessed with, the first artist I really felt I'd discovered on my own was Amy Winehouse. She was the first female artist I wanted to write like and sing like and be like. ~ Alessia Cara

People think stage school is a little star factory but the truth is kids like me learned about being in a team situation and going out to work earlier than a lot of kids did. I don't know anyone from drama school who's now sitting on their arse doing nothing. ~ Amy Winehouse

People who take risks like Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones take a second to catch on, but eventually they do because they're different and honest in a musical landscape that's not always like that. ~ Emmy Rossum

The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

My dad always had music playing around us and he was always a happy chirpy man with a beautiful voice. I was always singing around the house and I assumed that's what all families did. It wasn't until I went through that nasty teenage stage that I started to realise that wasn't the case. ~ Amy Winehouse

I can express myself. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

I can't help you if you won't help yourself. ~ Amy Winehouse

My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same. ~ Amy Winehouse

There are certain songs I cannot hear because they are so personal that it hurts me to listen. ~ Amy Winehouse

I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home. ~ Amy Winehouse

Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling. ~ Amy Winehouse

I went upstairs and tried to talk some sense into her but it was a waste of time. When she was high, she would babble about whatever came into her head. It was painful to watch and even worse to listen to. At one point Amy told me to cancel a proposed deal to license a perfume with her name attached to it. 'I don't want to hurt my credibility,' she told me, as she sat there high on crack. 'Hurt your credibility? What do you think smoking crack cocaine is doing to your credibility?' It was an impossible conversation. I stormed out, with Amy shouting for me to come back. I felt as low as I'd ever been. I didn't think Amy would die, but I just couldn't see a way out of this. You don't become an expert in anything overnight, and I was still learning how best to deal with an addict. Somehow or other I had to speed up the learning process. ~ Mitch Winehouse

A lot of her songs were to do with Blake, which did not escape Mark's attention. She told Mark that writing songs about him was cathartic and that 'Back to Black' summed up what had happened when their relationship had ended: Blake had gone back to his ex and Amy to black, or drinking and hard times. It was some of her most inspired writing because, for better or worse, she'd lived it. Mark and Amy inspired each other musically, each bringing out fresh ideas in the other. One day they decided to take a quick stroll around the neighbourhood because Amy wanted to buy Alex Clare a present. On the way back Amy began telling Mark about being with Blake, then not being with Blake and being with Alex instead. She told him about the time at my house after she'd been in hospital when everyone had been going on at her about her drinking. 'You know they tried to make me go to rehab, and I told them, no, no, no.' 'That's quite gimmicky,' Mark replied. 'It sounds hooky. You should go back to the studio and we should turn that into a song.' Of course, Amy had written that line in one of her books ages ago. She'd told me before she was planning to write a song about what had happened that day, but that was the moment 'Rehab' came to life. Amy had also been working on a tune for the 'hook', but when she played it to Mark later that day it started out as a slow blues shuffle – it was like a twelve-bar blues progression. Mark suggested that she should think about doing a sixties girl-group sou ~ Mitch Winehouse

I've never been a boyfriend kind of girl. ~ Amy Winehouse

When I heard 'Back to Black' from Amy Winehouse, I was, like, 'Wow.' To hear such a soulful voice that feels like it's from a different era, I mean, it felt so fresh and unique, and that was something that opened my eyes and made me believe that it's not always about churning out the same thing in this industry. ~ Ella Henderson

I couldn't resist him, his eyes were like yours, his hair was exactly the shade of brown.
He's just not as tall, but I couldn't tell, it was dark and I was lying down. ~ Amy Winehouse

The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief. ~ Russell Brand

Feel so fucking angry; don't want to be reminded of you, But when I left my shit in your kitchen, I said goodbye to your bedroom it smelled of you ~ Amy Winehouse

I love America, it's a much more permissive place. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

Right from the start with music, I was like, 'I'm just going to do this, and I don't care about anything else. There are certain things you have to give up, even at 13, 14: your Friday and Saturday nights, having a regular girl, lots of things like that. I look at Amy Winehouse, and I think perhaps she just don't want to do it that much. ~ Paul Weller

Even if you're only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up's on and their eyes are popping - just ask Amy Winehouse! ~ Beth Ditto

At Age 11, I used to listen to Madonna's Immaculate Collection every day ~ Amy Winehouse

I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable. ~ Amy Winehouse

Amy [Winehouse] increasingly became defined by her addiction. Our media though is more interested in tragedy than talent, so the ink began to defect from praising her gift to chronicling her downfall. The destructive personal relationships, the blood soaked ballet slippers, the aborted shows, that YouTube madness with the baby mice. In the public perception this ephemeral tittle-tattle replaced her timeless talent. This and her manner in our occasional meetings brought home to me the severity of her condition. Addiction is a serious disease; it will end with jail, mental institutions, or death. ~ Russell Brand

The day-to-day changes in Amy amazed me: the next evening Raye called me from the studio to say that she and Mark had had a really good day working. He also said that she had been able to take her prescribed Subutex, as she had been drug-free for twelve hours. When it came time for her next dose, though, she couldn't have it as, once again, she had taken other drugs. As a result, she went into withdrawal and the whole process started yet again. That Sunday, I drove down to the Henley studio to find Amy in bed. She was filthy and suffering the effects of withdrawal. I managed to get her into the shower, realizing again how painfully thin she was. If Amy had died at that point, I wouldn't have been at all surprised. I put her back to bed and stayed with her until she fell asleep. Sitting in a chair next to her bed, I despaired. I was running out of ideas. If she took drugs she couldn't take Subutex for twelve hours. If she didn't take Subutex she went into withdrawal so she took more drugs. A horrible vicious circle. ~ Mitch Winehouse

I would say that jazz is my own language. ~ Amy Winehouse

Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me
That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway. ~ Amy Winehouse

I will always have a very deep love for Amy Winehouse. ~ Lady Gaga

Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail. ~ Amy Winehouse

My parents pretty much realized that I would do whatever I wanted, and that was it, really. ~ Amy Winehouse

Her death had a powerful impact on me I suppose because it was such an obvious shock, like watching someone for hours through a telescope advance towards you, fist extended with the intention of punching you in the face. Even though I saw it coming it still hurt when it eventually hit me. ~ Russell Brand

It's more likely I'll dye my hair green, get a bunch of tattoos and go on tour with Amy Winehouse. ~ Mike Huckabee

I'm like a fatter version of Amy Winehouse and a skinnier version of Lily Allen. ~ Katy Perry

I told Missy [Elliot] I couldn't believe how much she has done as a woman in a male-led arena and that she's an inspiration to me. When I got into the lift back to my room to get changed and go home, I broke down in tears. ~ Amy Winehouse

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go. ~ Amy Winehouse

I've never been an idiot - I was a smart girl but I'd do stupid things like go around Asda and nick stuff because my friends told me to. I was a good girl as a teenager. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

I wouldn't be with a man who was scared of me, but I don't think men are scared of me - look at me, I'm tiny. I don't think I'm capable of putting anyone off. I'm a nice girl. ~ Amy Winehouse

I don't have emotional needs, only physical ones. ~ Amy Winehouse

It's too much of a drinking culture, everything tastes better with a drink. Like, watch TV: glass of wine. Cooking dinner: glass of champagne. White wine vinegar hasn't got white wine in it. Has it? ~ Amy Winehouse

What kind of fuckery is this? ~ Amy Winehouse

I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats. ~ Amy Winehouse

RIP Amy Winehouse. We lost a true heroin addict today. ~ Norm MacDonald

I always listen to all kinds of different music from different years. I listen to the contemporary, but once in a while into eighties, you know just for fun, and sometimes classical too. So I have this big mix on my i-pod ... Amy Winehouse, Gwen Stefani, OutKast, Jay-Z. I listen to trance, pop, everything. It really depends on my mood. ~ Olga Kurylenko

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day. ~ Amy Winehouse

Women don't try to use me. ~ Amy Winehouse

No. No. I don't listen to anyone except my ... inner child anyway. If someone had said to me, Amy, lose a stone which they wouldn't - I don't think I would have listened anyway. ~ Amy Winehouse

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 Winehouse

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen. ~ Amy Winehouse

It was precisely because her songs were dragged up out of her soul that they were so powerful and passionate. The ones that went into "Back to Black" were about the deepest emotions. And she went through hell to make it. ~ Mitch Winehouse

Relationship doesn't remain, We resonate on different flames, I could cut you down again, If you were like all other men, If you were like all other men, I know that I could shut you down again ~ Amy Winehouse

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends. ~ Amy Winehouse

A song marks an occasion in my life and that's how I live my life, by songs. ~ Amy Winehouse

Spurred by Amy's death I've tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself. ~ Russell Brand

I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. ~ Amy Winehouse

We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred time, you go back to her and I go back to black ... ~ Amy Winehouse

When will we get the chance to be just friends? It's never safe for us, not even in the evening, cuz I've been drinking. Not in the morning, when your shit works. It's always dangerous when everybody's sleeping, and I've been thinking ... Can we be alone? ~ Amy Winehouse

I felt awful as I drove away to live with Melody in Barnet. I stayed with her for six months before I moved in with Jane. Looking back now, I was a coward for allowing the situation to go on for so long, but I wanted to keep everybody happy. Strangely, after I left I started seeing more of the kids than I had before. My friends thought that Amy didn't seem much affected by the divorce, and when I asked her if she wanted to talk about it, she said, 'You're still my dad and Mum's still my mum. What's to talk about? ~ Mitch Winehouse

Current mood: David Foster Wallace meets Amy Winehouse. ~ Michelle Hodkin

Apart from the sampler, though, I still hadn't heard the songs that were on the short-list for Frank and Amy seemed a bit reticent about letting me listen to them. Maybe she thought lyrics like 'the only time I hold your hand is to get the angle right' might shock me or that I'd embarrass her. I teased her after I'd finally heard the song. 'I want to ask you a question,' I said. 'That song "In My Bed" when you sing - ' 'Dad! I don't want to talk about it! ~ Mitch Winehouse

There is no point in saying anything but the truth because, at the end of the day, you don't have to answer to anyone but yourself. ~ Amy Winehouse

I knew I could sing but I always thought everyone could sing, that everyone was born with a singing voice. Even when I was getting interest from singing, I just thought 'what about all these guys?' Yes, I can sing, I have a good voice but there's so many people that can and do. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn't recognize myself. ~ Amy Winehouse

Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy. ~ Amy Winehouse

I want at least five kids. I want twins. ~ Amy Winehouse

I think Amy Winehouse's decision not to go to rehab was a bad one. In fact, I think it was the worst idea since Dodi Al Fayed said to Princess Diana, Ooh, look! A tunnel! Whack that seat belt off and let's have a fuck. ~ Robert Clark

Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think. ~ Jools Holland

Over futile odds, and laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame. Love is a losing game. ~ Amy Winehouse

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 ~ Amy Winehouse

They tried to make me go to rehab, I said 'No, no, no,' ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

The dark covers me and I cannot run now. ~ Amy Winehouse

I only write about stuff that's happened to me.. stuff I can't get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive. ~ Amy Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and mourned their youth and work they would never produce. ~ Patti Smith

I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry. ~ Amy Winehouse

You know how you either grow up in a Michael Jackson house or a Prince house? For me it was Michael Jackson. I could never decide whether I wanted to be Michael Jackson or marry him. ~ Amy Winehouse

Mind you, you don't get albums written about really good people like Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, do you? Good people's places in Heaven may be assured, but nobody's going to have a chart-topping album full of songs about someone's good deeds. ~ Mitch Winehouse

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. ~ Amy Winehouse

After Frank came out, Amy would begin a performance at a gig by walking onstage, clapping and chanting, 'Class-A drugs are for mugs. Class-A drugs are for mugs …' She'd get the whole audience to join in until they'd all be clapping and chanting as she launched into her first number. Although Amy was smoking cannabis, she had always been totally against class-A drugs. Blake Fielder-Civil changed that. Amy first met him early in 2005 at the Good Mixer pub in Camden. None of Amy's friends that I've spoken to over the years can remember exactly what led to this meeting. But after that encounter she talked about him a lot. 'When am I going to meet him, darling?' I asked. Amy was evasive, which was probably, I learned later, because Blake was in a relationship. Amy knew about this, so initially you could say that Amy was 'the other woman'. And although she knew that he was seeing someone else, it was only about a month after they'd met that she had his name tattooed over her left breast. It was clear that she loved him – that they loved each other – but it was also clear that Blake had his problems. It was a stormy relationship from the start. A few weeks after they'd met, Blake told Amy that he'd finished with the other girl, and Amy, who never did anything by halves, was now fully obsessed with him. ~ Mitch Winehouse

My God! So sad to hear about Amy Winehouse! My deepest condolences to her friends and family and fans. You will be missed Amy xoxox ~ Dave Navarro

Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. ~ Jonah Goldberg

The more people see of me, the more they'll realize that all I'm good for is MAKING MUSIC. ~ Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse: Did she invent white soul? Wearing a beehive? No. But she did something brand new and fresh, altogether as a package, and you see who's in her wake, from the Duffys to the Lana Del Reys ... Adele selling 20 million records? That would not have happened if Amy Winehouse was alive. ~ Jack White