Amy Winehouse Quotes

“I couldn't resist him, his eyes were like yours, his hair was exactly the shade of brown.
He's just not as tall, but I couldn't tell, it was dark and I was lying down.”

— Amy Winehouse

“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

You've got a degree in philosophy; so you think you're cleverer than me. But I'm not just some drama queen. Cause it's where you're at, not where you've been.

— Amy Winehouse

“Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me
That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

Every bad situation is a blues song waiting to happen.

— Amy Winehouse

“I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.”

— Amy Winehouse

“Some men do think I'm a psycho bunny-boiler.”

— Amy Winehouse

There's no point in saying anything but the truth.

— 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

“I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

“Cause I'm a musician, I'm not really good at posing and being a model, like, modeling.”

— Amy Winehouse

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 listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.”

— Amy Winehouse

“I'm such a kid at heart.”

— 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

“All the songs I write are about human dynamics, whether it's with girlfriends, boyfriends, or family.”

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

— Amy Winehouse

“I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.”

— Amy Winehouse

I've had everything pierced at some point.

— Amy Winehouse

“I would love to study guitar or trumpet.”

— Amy Winehouse

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.

— Amy Winehouse

“I've got a crush on my backing singer.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

“I'm much healthier now.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

“I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.”

— Amy Winehouse

“I'm not a natural born performer.”

— Amy Winehouse

“I don't ever wanna drink again, I just, ooh I just need a friend”

— Amy Winehouse

“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

“I'm a young woman and I'm going to write about what I know.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

“I'm a realist and a dreamer. There are certain things you can give certain people and certain things you can't.”

— Amy Winehouse

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

— Amy Winehouse

“I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats.”

— Amy Winehouse

I don't need help because if I can't help myself I can't be helped.

— Amy Winehouse

“Sisters come before carpet burns and blisters.”

— Amy Winehouse

“No. No. I don't listen to anyone except my ... inner child anyway. If someone had said to me, Amy, lose a stone which they wouldn't - I don't think I would have listened anyway.”

— Amy Winehouse

“They tried to make me go to rehab, I said 'No, no, no,'”

— Amy Winehouse

The dark covers me and I cannot run now.

— Amy Winehouse

At Age 11, I used to listen to Madonna's Immaculate Collection every day

— 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'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 to come together as well because I was listening to so much jazz. What I love I will always embrace.”

— Amy Winehouse

“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 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 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

“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

“I'm not Amy the star, I'm Amy the girl with the guitar.”

— Amy Winehouse