I'm not very ambitious at all.
— Amy Winehouse
I want at least five kids. I want twins.
I can express myself.
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.
I didn't think it was special to be able to sing.
I look after people.
I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations.
Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.
When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.
The jazz I love is sweet and pure with raw elements, which is exactly what the good hip-hop is doing now.
I'm lucky because I do get to fly first-class now.
I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.
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.
I love America, it's a much more permissive place.
I'm much healthier now.
All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.
I've had everything pierced at some point.
I'm happiest with my family around me.
I can play a lot of different instruments adequately but nothing really well.
Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me.
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.
I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.
I've got a crush on my backing singer.
Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.
I don't think I'm such an amazing person who needs to be written about.
I don't even have a TV.
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.
I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.
Basically, I live to do gigs.
Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!
I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.
I wouldn't say I'm a feminist, but I don't like girls pretending to be stupid because it's easier.
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.
My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same.
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.
I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable.
I would love to study guitar or trumpet.
I'm not a natural born performer.
I'm very loyal.
I was hit by a car once on my bike, but I still rode home.
I can be a cruel person.
I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.
I'm of the school of thought where if you can't sort something out for yourself then no one can help you.
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.
I'm such a kid at heart.
Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy.
Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.
I'm always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it's really nasty there but it's not.
I've never been a boyfriend kind of girl.
I don't have emotional needs, only physical ones.
