Amy Page #4
she made her mind up.
And I found it difficult
to stand up to her.
She would say, "Oh, Mum,
you're so soft with me."
"I can get away with murder.
You should be tougher, Mum."
Well, I just accepted it.
I wasn't strong enough
to say to her, "Stop."
We worked together.
We were having an affair.
But another eight or nine years
were to pass before I left home.
I was a coward.
But I felt that Amy was over it
pretty quick.
When Amy was a teenager,
13 or 14,
she was being taken
to the doctor's
and she was on antidepressants.
What is it about men
Amy used to always say to me
that that was her dream, really,
to play in jazz clubs
to small audiences.
She had one of the most pure
relationships to music,
such an emotional
relationship to music.
Like she needed music
as if it was a person,
and that she would die for it.
Let me read this.
Oh, my God.
Uh, and the winner...
and the song is Stronger Than Me
by Amy Winehouse
and Salaam Remi.
Let's give it up!
This is me, isn't it?
Right here.
Wow!
I don't believe this.
Um, thank you, Salaam.
There's no picture of him,
but Salaam is the most
inspirational producer
I've ever worked with.
And he has that unique skill
of not just having
the most appropriate beat,
but also, um,
drawing the artistry out.
And I guess that's the story
of this song.
- And I wanna thank...
- What I allowed her to do
was to really just
put her wit into her songs.
When I heard her sing
in front of me,
I could tell she was really
like a jazz singer.
She had the stylings
of a 65-year-old jazz singer
who knew the ropes up and down.
It was, like, "Okay, if this is
what you are when you're 18",
then what are gonna be
when you're 25?"
We're now joined by Mos Def
in the backstage area.
Thanks for coming and taking
time out and chatting to us.
I heard they was doing
something, so I came down.
I became aware of Amy in 2004.
I was out in England.
I'm a big jazz fan and I really
liked what she was doing.
I thought it was unique,
it was edgy and sincere.
And that's the thing
is that she didn't have
any airs. She was real.
I had a chance to meet her
while I was here,
and we hit it off.
We became fast friends.
She was just a charming,
sweet lady.
I had a bit of a crush on her,
to be honest.
She was raw,
she was fast with a blue joke,
could drink anybody
under the table,
wasn't afraid to roll a smoke,
had a big giant laugh,
and was just a sweetheart,
you know?
You don't seem that bothered
about everything.
D'you know what I mean?
You have some artists
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