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Amy Winehouse

1983 – 2011

Winehouse’s most legendary work is her multi-platinum 2006 sophomore album, Back to Black, which won five Grammy Awards in a single night and featured massive global hits like “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”. Her critically acclaimed 2003 debut album, Frank, also stands as a notable achievement, introducing the music world to her mature songwriting and earning her a prestigious Ivor Novello Award. Her distinctive, chart-topping cover of the song “Valerie” with producer Mark Ronson remains an enduring cultural anthem.

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Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

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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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If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.

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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’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.

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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.

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

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Here in England, everyone’s a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

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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 just dress like… I’m an old black man. Sorry! Like I’m an old Jewish black man. I just dress like it’s still the ’50s.

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I’m not a natural born performer.

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I read a lot when I’m travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

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I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist, but I don’t like girls pretending to be stupid because it’s easier.

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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

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

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I told you I was trouble, you know that I’m no good.

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I’m happiest with my family around me.

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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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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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I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.

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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?

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About Amy Winehouse

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Amy Winehouse was a phenomenally talented British singer and songwriter celebrated for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her signature mix of soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Flaunting a bold, iconic 1960s beehive hairstyle and winged eyeliner, she became one of the most influential musical forces of the 2000s. Tragically, her immense artistic brilliance was cut short when she passed away at the age of 27, leaving behind a profound legacy that completely reshaped the landscape of modern pop and soul music.

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