She seriously needs to shut her mouth. Regardless of Amy's situation, she is truly talented. Too bad we can't go back in time where she was struggling with her demons and say some really raunchy sh*t about her. Dang the bad luck.

I thought her statement was very diplomatic. I'm gonna have to side with Natalie on this one...

Get lost Nat. Just because you haven't had a hit in ... forever! It's a sad day when music is being judged according to who performs it, instead of the music itself.

Mr.O's right. Think about all the awesome music that came out of the 60's and 70's, where more then half of it was written and recorded under the influence of drugs. Should we stop listening to all that??? No, I don't think so.

Here, Here! Tracy!

Sheesh, Nat! Get OVER yourself!

I agree with Natalie , shes not that good there is other singer deserve that award , I think Amy "Stinks" grammy people were on drugs when they voted for her

I agree with Nat. Although I think Amy is crap!! regardless of of the fact that she's a scanky drug fucked idiot.

I'm afraid I have to agree with Nat here... Amy's very talented and some of the other songs on that album are brilliant, but making such a big deal about a song where she's saying no to rehab when she so bloody obviously needs it, and has now been bullied by her record company into going for... is a complete joke... if I'd been in rehab, I'd feel the same way... it IS a slap to people who have been through a lot and come out the other side, and Amy WILL lose it soon if she doesn't clean up... you guys might now know what it's like for her if you're not in the U.K. and you don't see what's happening to her every month... she's just going down a drain....

I am psychiatrist and you are music.You should talk about music.If she is talented has to win.Psychological problems do not give grammy.Be honest with you yourself and do not mix the things.
PS.It is anti ethical You could not tell that.Because you represented Grammy in that night

What a hypccrit! Nat needs to go back in time when she was that age and hold ua a mirror to herself. she is not coming in with clean hands. She herself had a bad drug problem ...why doesn't she give back her grammies...

She also disclosed that she was arrested in Toronto, Canada for possession of heroin in 1975.
Cole continued to spiral out of control - including one incident where she refused to evacuate a burning building, and another where her young son Robert nearly drowned in the family swimming pool while she and her first husband, the late Reverend Marvin Yancy, were on a drug binge.[5] She did eventually enter rehab in 1983.[6]

Didn't I say that 24 hours ago. I don't care whether its nat, amy, or whom ever, you should not be awarded anything if you are on drugs or in rehab, poor, poor role models. There are better than Amy.

WELL SAID NATALIE!

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A recent study shows that a very high percentage of songs contain drug references. Amy Winehouse is not alone, why only point the finger at her?

Elisa - did u not just hear she won five grammys that is why the finger pointing. I have to side with Nat on this one. She just about summed it up.

Well, I wonder how many of the artists that have won grammies in the past have not made songs with drug references, or taken drugs themselves.

Once Natalie gets off her high horse is she going to return her awards for being a drug taking liar?

A shame that Natalie is so quick to criticise others when she accepted Grammys whilst smoking, sniffing god knows what.

What a total Hypocrite.

Natalie's right.

Well the way I look at it is like this ....People who HAVE lived in Glass Houses should not throw stones....I have lived my life never to judge someone that has done something I have done my self. If anything Cole should be trying to help not hurt. I am sure there were those that felt the same way about Cole way back when.....I like Winehouse's music and think she is very talented.

Natalie Cole was right for telling it like it is. Amy should not have won anything. That's what's wrong with White America! Anything goes! People are allowed to be bad as they want to be and get rewarded for doing so.

When are we going to learn that Wrong is wrong and not send our children a message that if you are White, you can get away with anything.

"IF YOU STAND FOR NOTHING, YOU WILL FALL FOR ANYTHING!"

I guess it would hurt anyone's ego if a "drugged" up person can outperform you.

The award was not based on her life, it was based on her music. And apparently her music is good enough to win. That is all there is to that matter.

Is it setting a bad example? To whom? The only reason we know of Amy's personal life is because of the media that sees it fit to put on display anyone's life that is spiraling down. The more negative it is, the more publicity it will get. The grammy's is about art, about music, if the media would have laid off the constant mudraking they do all we would know of Amy is her music. Think for example to the great lengths that Prince went through to have his life hidden from the lens, so all we have is his music to judge. But not everyone is a astute as he was to keep out of limelight of the media.

So yes, I for one can make the difference between the work and the author. "Goodness Amy is a mess, but wow her music sure is good."

What is a shame is the color issue always has to play into everything ........get over it !!!!!!!

Apparently many of you do not know of nor realize who Natalie Cole is, her legacy, her music nor her first hand wisdom, not to mention her father who is an ICON in the music industry...if you did, you wouldn't be so quick to bash her, you'd realize that she speaks with authority on this matter and with much wisdom. I agree with Natalie, her statement was very respectful and it didn't bash Amy, it bashed the GRAMMY'S!!!! It's people that believe we can turn a blind eye to this stuff, that allow our world to continue to dwindle... down and down we go.. who will rise up and STAND FOR SOMETHING MORAL!!!? WILL IT BE YOU! WILL YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS LIFE TIME?? Stand up!

Leading a drugged-up lifestyle is wrong, but it should not affect Amy's Grammy wins. The Grammys are awards for music, not lifestyle. Wrong or no, some of the best music and literature were created under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol. It has nothing to do with "White America", as someone so ignorantly chose to view it. It has to do with hypocritical jealousy. Natalie is also talented, but she has to deal with the fact that her only major hits were gimmick "duets" with her late father.

I, too, agree with Natalie on this one. It's wrong and dangerous to send the message that you have to be strung out to be the most creative. Give her one award maybe to acknowledge her talent, but dont glorify it!

I have mixed feelings about this one. I do think we need to be more careful about who we elevate into the public eye...on the other hand..it is about who has the best music..record...ect....?? I love Amys style...I just wish she would clean up her act. All the way around!!!

I'm sure she is a wonderful person, and deserving of help and a new lease on life. I wish her the best. However, if the influence of drugs helps her make her music win Grammy's, I don't want to hear what she comes up with sober. Her music SUCKS!!!

Maybe Nat should smoke a nice fatty & let it inspire her to write a hit. Maybe it might even give her a Grammy!..... that "old-time-has-been" diva!!

I was pretty surprised at Nat. It seems the opposite had happened to her sooooo many years ago....but in Nat's case her career went downhill from there and hasn't realllllllllly recovered....too bad she was a serious diva back then. In Amy's case it was the other way around...it didn't hurt her career. I can also see that the poor 'chile' is trying to get clean so let's give her a chance and pray for them both...

ummmm...come to think of it...didn't Nat say she was being rewarded for bad behavior????? Didn't see her speaking up 'bout those gangsta rapper's setting bad examples....but I digress....

Don't hate...just an observation...

The Bottomline:

The Grammys awards are given based on outstanding achievements in the record industry, not personal lives or demons of the artist. Natlie Cole is a massive talent but in 1975 when Cole won her first Grammys, she was also struggling with sobriety, and didn't even enter treatment for a decade. Amy Winehouse was awarded because of her exceptional talent despite her personal demons and is even presently in treatment seeking sobriety. If the award show had anything to do with celebrating personal issues, which it does not, you could only conclude that they were congratulating a person who decided to tackle her addictions. However it does not and has nothing to with the Grammys. No one is excusing Amy's past behavior but Cole's statement is complete hypocrisy.

The problem with the world is that when you tell the truth, people assume there is an ulterior motive for saying it. Nat battled with substance abuse and i guess she is in a better position to speak about this. I am all for seperating the professional life from the personal life, but when these people who are supposed to be role models that our kids look up to, then i guess they should be held accountable for their personal lives and in this case i suggest that she be not nominated for any thing. she could be acknowledged and a statement read that says while her ernomous talents are obvious she would not be recognised until she cleans up her acts.

Time will truly tell whether Amy is really trying to stay off drugs. I give her two weeks top and she would be back to her old ways.

Truth hurts..
You obviously know nothing about Nat do you?
She should be the last to cast sones..
At least Amy did not go hooking (selling her body) for drugs like Nat did..

Amy is a better talent than Nat is...
What surprises me is Nat chose to speak out against Amy but did not speak out against the Rappers.. the rockers.. and all the other people surrounding her who do drugs and won Grammys including herself.

Tell Nat if she wants to make a lasting impression she should give back those Grammies she won while she was into drugs and to read her scriptures a little more closely.

One day she will be looking to do a duet with Amy when Nats career is washed up(which is now) and Amy will remember the diss..

Not to condone the drug behavior, but look back at Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin, The Who, The list is endless of all the artist who've preformed the best songs of our day while under the influence. Granted, sadly some died as a result of their demon but out of all their pain, they gave us some of the best tunes of our lives. Like it or not you have to agree, somewhat. We all have our own demons to deal with. Kudos' to those who have cleaned up their act. Still it is what it is.

Not to condone the drug behavior, but look back at Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin, The Who, The list is endless of all the artist who've preformed the best songs of our day while under the influence. Granted, sadly some died as a result of their demon but out of all their pain, they gave us some of the best tunes of our lives. Like it or not you have to agree, somewhat. We all have our own demons to deal with. Kudos' to those who have cleaned up their act. Still it is what it is.

Not to condone the drug behavior, but look back at Led Zepplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin, The Who, The list is endless of all the artist who've preformed the best songs of our day while under the influence. Granted, sadly some died as a result of their demon but out of all their pain, they gave us some of the best tunes of our lives. Like it or not you have to agree, somewhat. We all have our own demons to deal with. Kudos' to those who have cleaned up their act. Still it is what it is.

winehouse has no talent and stinks

If Natalie Cole feels this way, then she should return the awards that she was given in the days of her own substance abuse problems. Otherwise she is a big old hypocrite.
She is just jealous of Amy who is not just a great singer but also writes many of her own songs and has a genuine love of music. And Amy achieved it one her own, unlike miss Cole she does not have a famous father who knows lot of people in the music business. Natalee is a fairly good singer, but would she be where she is now if her dad worked at Sears? I think not.

And I don't believe that she will make anyone want to try drugs or start drinking. Most of the time she looks so unhealthy that I don't think anyone would want to look like her.
I somewhat agree with Colorado Girl Fla: although I prefer other band, I'm more into music from the nineties rather than the seventies, I can see her point. As a music lover I have lots of albums by people who had or still have substance abuse problems, but I still am just a very moderate drinker (way below avarage, in any case) and I have never, ever wanted to try drugs.
One of my all time favourite albums is "Gentleman" by The Afghan Whigs which has lyrics such as "Let me drink, let me tie off" "They shared a needle a couple of times" - but the only needles that have ever been stuck into me were either for health checks or to give blood to Red Cross and I think I'll keep it that way. No sane person would ever want to take drugs or develop a drinking problem just because of the music he or she listens too.

I think it's funny she couldn't even get in the US to perform (because of her drug issues), but we are going to go ahead and give her all the grammies!!

I think it's funny she couldn't even get in the US to perform (because of her drug issues), but we are going to go ahead and give her all the grammies!!

I am all for her getting better, but come on ppl!