Amy Winehouse

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

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

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.

When you are in this business and this career, it's hard for any one thing to engulf you.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.