Since seeing her vid I checked out her homepage and found this interview. Some of it is pretty damn funny, "I'm a terrible drunk. I dunno where that comes from - boredom?".
Amy Winehouse on drink, weed and soup
I stopped smoking weed about two years ago when I started going to the gym. Because I guess I've written 'Addicted' and it's come out on this album [Back to Black], it would seem like I still smoke and have days where I think, 'Oh, should I buy a quarter?' But it's not even a factor any more. I wrote that song about three years ago.
But my drinking replaced weed. I still have a problem - well, I have had problems with drink but I haven't had a drink in a few days. Is the problem exaggerated in the papers? I don't know ... No. I'm a terrible drunk. I dunno where that comes from - boredom?
'Rehab' came out of the fact that I always have been able to deal with things myself. If you can't look after yourself then no one can. That's what I think. The only place I've ever been to talk about the substance problems I have - whether with alcohol or food - I've never actually spoken to anyone, I've never been consulted. They talk at me, I go, 'Thank you for your time,' then I leave. I just went to please people around me. I went to walk in and walk out. Revolving door syndrome.
But no, God, I didn't drop four dress sizes to size 0. Size 0 is an Americanism, it's not even a real English term. It'd be like a UK size 4, which I've never been. At my smallest I was an American size 2, which is six in the UK. But I was never even a 12, so I dropped two dress sizes. It's a joke. It just makes me laugh when people say things like, 'you were a spokeswoman for curvy girls, and you were a really good role model - and now look at you, you're a state ...'
I'm like, 'What, I used to smoke weed from fucking eight o'clock in the morning till three o'clock in the morning. And when I stopped and started going to the gym I lost a bit of weight and looked better - but I'm a terrible role model?' It's a joke.
Anyway, I think if you're a girl, the best role models are women you know, strong women around you - your best friend, your mum, your nan, your aunties. However someone is portrayed in the media, you don't know them personally. If you latch onto someone, a famous person, to the point where they'll fuck you up and you don't even know them, you're a knob anyway. I eat ridiculously healthily. Just now I'm drinking a carrot, beetroot, celery and ginger throat juice - it's gross. I'm gonna have red poo. But I've got to, I'm not well, I came back from Miami after New Year with a bug.
My boyfriend Alex is a chef, and he can cook anything. But he doesn't cook for me, I cook for him. I do great chicken soup, or meatballs. But West Indian food is probably my best thing. I learnt from my mum, but she stopped cooking when I was quite young, so then I learnt from my grandma. I'm very enthusiastic about it. And Alex is really good because I have someone who I can really make something for and you know they'll appreciate it and they'll give you really good criticism. As I'm cooking things I'll be like, 'When should I put the thing in, baby?' 'Now!'
I love being on tour, and I do tend to look after my voice. One of my crew makes me really nice ginger tea. And Alex always tells me to avoid dairy - I was gonna get a smoothie with yoghurt in it but he told me not to 'cause of my voice.
When I was smoking a lot of weed I didn't have a munchie diet so much as I just ate bad. I'd get up, smoke two big spliffs then be like, 'hmmm, I should eat something ...' So I'd go and have a fry-up. Then I wouldn't eat anything all day. Then I'd eat pasta at two in the morning. Just ridiculous.
I don't know why I was so into spliff. It's a teenager's thing, innit? I can't smoke now 'cause my energy just crashes. I'm a gym girl. I'm not a lazy person any more, I like getting up and going. I'd rather walk somewhere or run somewhere. I'd train every day if I had the chance. On tour I'll try and find a gym locally.
Interview by Craig McLean
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