AW

I know I’m old because I won’t listen to Amy Winehouse’s (AW) music because of her behavior. When I was young and believed in the positive power of creativity, I wouldn’t have cared if an artist sacrificed goats and took cuts in the line at the grocery store. Now that I’m old, bitter and hate everything fresh, I find that drug abuse, legal troubles, plagiarism and complete lack of professionalism really matters to me. I also resent the fact that someone as destructive as AW, is frequently regaled as “talented and gifted” but then pitied for her destructive lack of impulse control. I could have been a famous rock star and worshiped for no reason but instead I made the mistake of staying sober.