30 second rant

We're hearing a lot about Amy Winehouse. Her voice was soulful and made us cry. She was a musical icon gone too soon. She "was all about love". All may be true, and certainly we can vouch for the earlier. But after reading Nic Godwyn's - the man who discovered Amy and her first manager - feature in this The Times's Saturday Review (30 July), I need to add to that list. She was actually quite lazy, selfish, whirled in her own presence doing what she wanted, and ending up in such tragic situations. Like any drug addict victim in Britain she died after abusing her body far too much. She wasn't a genius or unfortunately a hard worker. She just had talent and a large dose of luck with it.