Known for her soulful voice and her signature beehive, she never let anyone dictate who she should be. Ten years ago, she tragically died at 27, leaving a huge musical legacy behind ...
This is the story of Amy Winehouse.
This is the story of Amy Winehouse.
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00:00I'm reminded every day how important music is to me, you know people say it's just music
00:05and you're like no, nothing else speaks to me the way music does, that's why I'm doing what I'm doing, you know.
00:10It's the only thing where I'm truly comfortable is writing music and singing, you know.
00:40With music there, and jazz in particular, there is a warmth and a personableness, it's not a word,
00:57there's a warmth and a real, I can't explain it but it just gets you very direct.
01:10Amy was about laughter really, I mean even in her darkest days when she was sick,
01:39that's what got us through, our sense of humour.
01:50I know I'm not the only girl that feels blessed to have grown up in an age where we can have
01:56Lauryn Hill's album and Erykah Badu's album and how these women profile themselves as real women.
02:26I can't even believe that I've been nominated, it doesn't feel like me, I feel like it's my cousin called Amy,
02:44you know, it's the same night.
03:13I wrote Rehab in about 20 minutes and it was just, I wrote it about something that had happened to me,
03:30it was just, it wrote itself.
03:55I've written quite a few songs for this ex-boyfriend but that's just because I was writing the album at the time,
04:01and it just so happens that all the singles are heartbreak.
04:04If you wanted a real emotional connection with my music, it's there, if you want to put it on in the background, cool,
04:26but my music is really intense.
04:44They say the best songs are born in disruptive relationships,
04:47As a married woman, what can we expect from you songwriting-wise?
04:51Happy songs?
04:52Yeah, yeah, happy songs.
04:53Care Bears, Dean Jones.
05:10What can it be for a young woman of 24 who really can't leave her house without the fear of being hounded?
05:17It's very, very difficult and I can't imagine what it's like for her.
05:47I don't see her as this massive celebrity,
06:14she was just a girl up the road that taught me so much since the age of eight.
06:17Her music just resonates to so many different people and it brings us all together, doesn't it?
06:44Bringing music forward and making it feel like part of your life,
06:57making it feel like everyone's life and everyone can relate to it.