Amy Winehouse:  My mum had her children , was bringing them up single - handedly because when my dad was there , he was never there . He was just never there , like for the important bits . I 'm not talking about the school run . I 'm talking about at night , when we were being shits . Like , " No , we 're not going to bed . " My dad was never there to be like , " Listen to your mother ! " Do you know what I mean ? That 's all we needed . He said he was working .
Mitch Winehouse: I met another woman when Amy was about 18 months old . We worked together . We were having an affair . But another 8 or 9 years were to pass before I left home . I was a coward . But I felt that Amy was over it pretty quick .
Amy Winehouse: I was really smiley and really quite nice natured and quite nervous and nice until I turned _ 9 _ . When my parents separated , I was like , I can wear whatever I want , I can swear , I can wear makeup , this is really cool . I had a tattoo , I had everything pierced , I used to bunk off school , get my boyfriend round .