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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

7. Amy WinehouseBack to Black

I’d loved to have met her. I’d have loved to have met her and taken care of her. I can’t believe it’s been just over a year since she died. I was in Norway the night that she died. "I’d gone off for an encore and my manager saw it on Twitter so I went back on stage and I said; ‘Can we have a minute’s silence for Amy Winehouse.’

No one in the audience knew that she’d just died and you could hear this complete silence. It was quite amazing. Quite emotional really. Because I’m a north London girl, she’s a north London girl, and I was hoping one day that I would have bumped into her. I’d love to have met her.

When she died, a track of hers would come on and it would make me so upset. I couldn’t get over it to be honest. I really thought she was getting better. It was such a shock. There was so much more she had to give.

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