23 Quotes by Janis Winehouse

She became wildly sentimental and wildy ill-natured. She’d sit in front of me, her short skirt riding up her legs and her sharp bones protruding from her knees. I could see it happening. I could see her tiny body disintegrating, but there was nothing I could do. As her mother, I was completely helpless. I could ring her and I could visit her, but I couldn’t save her. I knew that if I tried to I would lose myself too.

Amy came into my life like a whirlwind and changed it for ever.

Amy achieved pop stardom by rebelling against the manufactured world of pop music. In the end, she rebelled against everything else too, and turned it inwards on herself.

Seeing it now, it was Amy experimenting with herself. It was a persona that she went on to embellish, but there was no doubt in my mind that having a public face exacerbated an inner conflict for Amy. She was naturally provocative because it attracted attention, but once she’d got that attention she couldn’t control what happened next and then she shied away from it.

She could barely find her place in the world, let alone at home.