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. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
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… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
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… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Music is the only thing that will give and give and give and not take... — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
We only said goodbye with words, I died a hundred times. You go back to her and I go back to... I go back… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
My dad always had music playing around us and he was always a happy chirpy man with a beautiful voice. I was always singing… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
I'm a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can't. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
Self professed, profound till the chips were down. Know you're a gambling man, love is a losing hand. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
