amy winehouseThe man who discovered Amy Winehouse has said he’d rather she’d drop out of the limelight and never sing again than continue to self-destruct in the public eye.

Nick Godwyn, who signed Amy to Spice Girl svengali Simon Fuller’s 19 management when she was just 16, told the Sun: “What is happening now is not very pleasant for anybody to watch. I feel she seems to be sad.

“People talk about wasted talent, but I don’t look at it like that. If Amy never made another record again it would be sad, but it’s less about the music for me and more about ‘this is a human being that maybe isn’t very happy’.”

Nick discovered Amy when one of his other artists played him her demo tape: “I asked who it was and he said just a mate. I couldn’t believe how good she sounded so I got her in and had a chat. I asked Amy what she wanted to do with her life and she said she wanted to be a waitress.

“There were signs, even back then, that she wasn’t happy. You can listen to the words of her songs and there aren’t many happy, upbeat love songs.

“And I think that’s a reflection of where she is. She only writes songs from personal experience.

“There are some beautiful songs which, lyrically, are fascinating. But some of them are quite sad.”