I leave you the best phrases of Amy Winehouse (1983-2011) British singer and songwriter of jazz, R&B, soul and ska. Among her songs Stronger than me, Rehab, Love Is a Losing Game or Body & Soul stand out.
You can also see these phrases of international musicians.
1-I do not say things because I am bitter. I say the things that others think but do not dare to say.
2-I love to live and I live to love.
3-Life is much more rewarding if you strive for something, instead of taking what is given to you on a plate.
4-Some people who come into our lives leave traces in our hearts and we are no longer the same.
5-My biggest fear is dying without anyone knowing about any contribution I have made to creative music.
6-I would say that jazz is my own language.
7-I think we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes.
8-If you do not risk something, you will never know what you could have achieved.
9-I'm from the school of thought in which if you can't solve something yourself, no one can help you. Rehabilitation is fine for some but not for others.
10-I fall in love every day. Not with people, but with situations.
11-I am realistic and dreamer. There are certain things that you can give to certain people and certain things that you cannot.
12-I do not regret anything.
13-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.
14-Nobody can be a tougher critic than myself. I feel that pressure. There are days when I would like a break from my own mind.
15-Life happens. There is no point in being upset about something we cannot control.
16-I am happier with my family around me.
17-I'm not afraid of looking vulnerable.
18-Since I was 16, I have felt a black cloud hovering over me.
19-I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could listen to.
20-I can not help you if you do not help yourself.
21-If I heard someone sing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.
22-If you act as if you know what you are doing, you can do anything you want.
23-I do not think that your ability to fight has to do with how big you are. It has to do with how much hate there is in you.
24-Only sleeping can heal.
25-Unfortunately half of the things that are said about me are true.
26-I just said that I didn't want to write about love, but then I went and did it anyway.
27-Every bad situation is a blues song about to happen.
28-I saw a photo of myself when I left the hospital. She didn't recognize me.
29-I have no emotional needs, only physical.
30-I don't think he's such an impressive person that you need to write about.
31-If I died tomorrow, I would like to be a happy girl.
32-It makes no sense to say anything, except the truth.
33-I am not ambitious at all.
34-All the songs I write are about human relationships, whether with girlfriends, boyfriends or family.
35-When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I have to stop and start.
36-I love America, it is a much more permissive place.
37-I would love to study guitar or trumpet.
38-Basically, I live to do concerts.
39-I did not think it was special to be able to sing.
40-I keep busy cleaning the house, at least in the meantime I'm not drinking.
41-My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they are going to do during the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I spend it drinking alcohol.
42-I know I have talent, but I was not born to sing. I was born to be a wife and mother, and to be with my family. I love what I do, but it is not everything to me.
43-I only write about things that have happened to me, things that I personally cannot overcome. Luckily I'm pretty self-destructive.
44-Girls talk to each other like men talk to each other But girls have an eye for detail.
45-Music allows me to be honest, to the point that there are songs that sometimes I refuse to sing because they are very hard for me.
46-Long-term drinking is much worse than heroin. Alcohol is a real poison.
47-I am not a fighter, but if I am against the wall I will beat up anyone.
48-I am not religious at all. I think that faith is something that gives you strength. I believe in destiny and I believe that things happen for a reason, but I don't think there is a higher power necessarily.
49-Crazy people like me do not live long but they live as they want.
50-I will choose the wrong man as naturally as I sing, and I will save my tears to hide my fears.
51-I shed my tears for him tonight. Drowning, we bathe in the blue light.
52-All I can be for you is a darkness that we know.
53-I never want to drink again, I just need a friend.
54-I'm just one of all the girls you kiss.
55-I believe in destiny at face value.
56-My tears dry on their own.
57-It is necessary to have a close relationship to be able to trust someone, but not be so close that you say "fuck you."
58-I have never followed the roll to anyone to make me puppy dog eyes.
59-I do not make music thinking about who is going to listen or buy it. I make the music that I would like to hear.
60- Prince wants a collaboration with me? I'm going to Minneapolis, see you later!
61- Good things do not make me lose my mind, but want to do it tomorrow too.
62-I don't think I get nervous at concerts, it's just adrenaline. It's something fun.
63-Some men think I'm a psychopath
64-I am not a born artist.
65-If you live in Candem you cannot flee from the bands in garages or the guitars. That's why 'Back to Black' is 'raw' jazz.