Amy Winehouse's musical high

Mar 18, 2007, 13:00 GMT

02/12/2007 - Amy Winehouse - 2007 - London, England © Photorazzi

Amy Winehouse says listening to jazz music is like taking drugs.

The 'Rehab' singer - who has confessed she used to smoke marijuana - has likened the high she gets from jazz to hallucinogenic drugs.

Amy said: "When I listen to a jazz record, it's how I imagine opium must feel. I just drift off into this happy trance.

"For as long as the record's playing, everything just seems better, painted in nicer colours."

The 23-year-old has also dismissed her BRIT Award, saying she doesn't consider it a great achievement.

She said: "It's just the frosting on the cake as far as I'm concerned. I don't feel validated by it or anything. Making music matters to me and obviously I want to carry on doing it.

"As for the rest, it's all just c**p really."

Amy also says she doesn't care about being famous and says she would have been "blissfully happy" if she had never made it as a singer.

She insisted: "Being famous means nothing to me. If all this vanished today, I honestly wouldn't mind.

"I never had to go and bang on people's doors or send demos. People came to me.

"If they hadn't done I would never have done any of this. I'd be working in an office somewhere - blissfully happy, I suspect."

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