Mitch Winehouse

“After Frank came out, Amy would begin a performance at a gig by walking onstage, clapping and chanting, ‘Class-A drugs are for…

— Mitch Winehouse

“It was precisely because her songs were dragged up out of her soul that they were so powerful and passionate. The ones…

— Mitch Winehouse

“When Amy returned to London she told me excitedly about some of the Hispanic women she’d seen in Miami, and how she…

— Mitch 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…

— Mitch Winehouse

“The day-to-day changes in Amy amazed me: the next evening Raye called me from the studio to say that she and Mark…

— Mitch Winehouse

“Perhaps the most difficult thing about loving and helping an addict, which most people who haven’t been through it don’t understand, is…

— Mitch Winehouse

“Amy was alone, deserted by her ‘friends’ now that she wasn’t doing drugs. She was lonely and wanted to go out, but…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I went upstairs and tried to talk some sense into her but it was a waste of time. When she was high,…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I visited Amy as often as I could at the hospital. When you’re dealing with someone who’s recovering from drug addiction, you…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I’m putting you in that dumpster until you say you’re going to the meeting,’ he told her. Amy started to laugh because…

— Mitch Winehouse

“Perhaps the most difficult thing about loving and helping an addict, which most people who haven't been through it don't understand, is…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I'm not Mickey Mouse, I'm a human being.”

— Mitch Winehouse

“Apart from the sampler, though, I still hadn’t heard the songs that were on the short-list for Frank and Amy seemed a…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I knew that Amy couldn’t have died from a drug overdose, as she had been drug-free since 2008. But although she had…

— Mitch Winehouse

“I felt awful as I drove away to live with Melody in Barnet. I stayed with her for six months before I…

— 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…

— Mitch Winehouse