12 February 2008

In an exclusive interview with GMTV, Janis Winehouse spoke about her daughter Amy.

Below is the transcript of what Janis said:

“She’s on the road and that’s what it’s about – she’s on the road to recovery.”

“I think she had her back against the wall situation. If you don’t get cleaned up: a) you can’t get the visa, b) you can’t tour, you know everything in place, you know, its like, ‘Wake up Amy!’"

“It was a case of Amy couldn’t get to LA and my feeling was LA came to Amy.”

“I think it would have been too much for her because all of the travelling and flying there, it would be, I mean seeing what the Grammy’s was like, I mean we could see it live from there and I thought if Amy were there, she’d be lost in it, she’d be a little girl lost in it.”

“We all felt, the family, well everyone that saw her felt that’s the best she’s performed definitely.”

“Amy is as she is. There’s no sort of double standards - what you see is how she is. She’s a very very genuine and sincere girl.”

“She was always singing at home – always and we’d have to say ‘Amy be quiet!’ She just did it all the time.”

“I knew she was good, we all knew she was good. But it’s a case of in that world, in the media world, you can be good for five minutes, a month, two, a year, whatever. But Amy just gets better.”

“The thing about the media is if they can get anything tacky about a star they go for it. So it’s almost a case of it’s like watching her in a theatre. She says to me ‘Mum, just ignore it, just carry on.’”

“I was helpless because there was nothing I could do because Amy had to do it for Amy.”

“Where I know about addiction - addiction is something that once it’s got hold of the person, it’s like whoa, you know - very hard to get the off.”

“Meeting the carers last night was lovely. That I could actually say to them, ‘Thank you so much.’”

“She will see a therapist and she will still be getting help because she still wants the help.”

“Well it's Amy’s coming back, she’s definitely on the road back.”