Winehouse Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting. — Amy Winehouse

I'm not a natural born performer. — 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 don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about. — Amy Winehouse

I'm a lucky girl. — Amy Winehouse

I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do. — Amy Winehouse

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

What was so painful about Amy's death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don't pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isn't easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring. — Russell Brand

I didn't think it was special to be able to sing. — Amy Winehouse

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

I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy. — Vince Staples

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

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 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 a Zeppelin or Floyd song. — Amy Winehouse

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl. — Amy Winehouse

I think that we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes — 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

Cole Archer's Chillout Mix. That's my son's mix. He's ten weeks old, and this is what he listens to: 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse, 'Everyday People' by Arrested Development, The Beatles' 'Rocky Raccoon,' and Bruce Springsteen's 'Atlantic City.' — Adam Pally

I would love to study guitar or trumpet. — 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

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

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

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 always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway. — Amy Winehouse

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

Thank god for Vegas. Seriously.
A lobotomy wasn't as effective as a weekend three hours of Red Bull away (from LA, not Pismo) where I wore the thinnest pinned stilettos, gambled like a sweaty degenerate mobster in black loafers, drank like Amy Winehouse and Charles Bukowski's baby, and snorted throat-dripping lines of coke in a Hard Rock Hotel bathroom with four new best friends. I'd giddily rub off any one of those from the to-do list I wrote in eyeliner on my hotel bathroom mirror. — Christy Heron

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

I'm so sad to hear the horrible news of Amy Winehouse's death. I'm so happy I knew you Amy ... Rest Well. Gone Too Soon ... we'll miss you!! — Usher

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

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression. — Amy Winehouse

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

I told you I was trouble, you know that I'm no good. — Amy Winehouse

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

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

I'm not Amy the star, I'm Amy the girl with the guitar. — Amy Winehouse

I don't understand, Why do I stress the man, When there's so many bigger things at hand? — Amy Winehouse

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

Life happens. There is no point in being upset or down about things we can't control or change. — Amy Winehouse

I've had everything pierced at some point. — Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse's mother wrote an open letter to the News of the World newspaper telling Amy she's worried about her and to please call her. I doubt this is the best way to communicate with Amy - she should try spelling it out in lines of cocaine. — Chelsea Handler

I'm not Mickey Mouse, I'm a human being. — Mitch 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

I don't think I knew what depression was. I knew I felt funny sometimes and I was different. I think it's a musician thing. That's why I write music. You know, I'm not like some messed up person. There is a lot of people that suffer depression that don't have an outlet, you know what I mean? That can't pick up a guitar for an hour and feel better. — Amy Winehouse

I've always had my own style, I've always been different. I don't like to wear anything that anyone else is wearing because it's very important for me to make a statement. — Amy Winehouse

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

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

I'm such a kid at heart. — Amy Winehouse

I can be a cruel person. — Amy Winehouse

I just like tattoos. — Amy Winehouse

It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get. — Jeff Beck

Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I do have her albums, and years ago, when I first heard her sing, I thought she was extraordinary. The tone of her voice, her phrasing, her raw appearance - these qualities were extremely captivating to me. — Henry Rollins

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

I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life. Often I don't know what I do, then the next day the memory returns. And then I am engulfed in shame. — 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

I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing. — Laura Mvula

I do see myself settling down, getting married and having kids. But when I think about a family life in the future there's rarely a man involved which is kind of weird. — Amy Winehouse

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

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

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. — Amy 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

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

You know I'm no good — Amy Winehouse

I don't need help because if I can't help myself I can't be helped. — 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'm happiest with my family around me. — Amy Winehouse

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. — Amy Winehouse

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

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

I'm of the school of thought where, if you can't sort something out for yourself, no one can help you. Rehab is great for some people but not others. — Amy Winehouse

Basically, there's a good friend of mine who works at EMI Publishing, a publishing company. He had asked me - he was like, you know, do you know this girl, Amy Winehouse? She's in New York for a day. She's kind of meeting people to maybe work with on her second album. — Mark Ronson

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

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've got a crush on my backing singer. — 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

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. — Amy Winehouse

I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now. — 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

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

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

Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other. But girls have an eye for detail. — 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

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

I've always been a little homemaker. — Amy Winehouse

I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it. — Amy Winehouse

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

Music was my ultimate ambition but I liked all of it. I wanted to discipline myself in dance and acting too and I'd done all three since I was 9-years-old. I could sing, but I didn't become a great singer. — Amy Winehouse

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. — Amy Winehouse

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 tried to sing 'What's Going On' with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a funk band that had members of both of our bands playing in it, but it was the worst kind of place to sing bad karaoke because everyone there was an amazing singer or musician. — Jamie Cullum

Life is so much more rewarding if you strive for something, rather than take what's given to you on a plate. — Amy Winehouse