Amy Winehouse Speech Essay Example

are created by the press. I feel that I have been made a victim by the press.

4 out of 5 of you will believe what you read in the press about me and I wish you could look beyond that to see that I am just a person like you. I have a passion for music and that is where I reached fame. I have released many albums that have gone to platinum and I have sold millions of records worldwide. I put my all into my music and there are only four other women who have achieved what I have at the Grammy awards.

I received awards for the Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Best New Artist, Song of the Year (Rehab), and Record of the Year (Rehab). I started writing music and singing when I was 14 and many girls have followed my example and found their hidden talent in music. This has led to them becoming more confident, more assertive, and more secure in a confused and difficult world. Rupert Diamond, the professor of music at the John Hopkins University in the U. S.

A. and perhaps the greatest expert on branding in the western world wrote a book, the Winehouse factor, published last year. In it, he says, and I quote "love her or hate her, Winehouse has done more than most to get young girls started in music throughout the states. Although her ways may be unconventional, there is no doubting the inspiration of her huge voice. " I have also become a known figure in the fashion world for my signature hairstyle known as the "bee-hive" and

for my unusual and yet unique sense of dress. Who else dares to dress as I dress? This has once again led to other girls finding themselves and finding out who they are and expressing it in their clothes and shoes.