Pot To Kettle, You're Black

Natalie Cole: "Drugged Up Musicians Shouldn't Win Grammies, starting in 1997"

"Being a musician isn't about drugs, sex, and partying"

February 9, 2008

By Rob Jones

Like a pissed off stepfather admonishing his stepson not to beat HIS son, Natalie Cole, Grammy winner and recovering drug addict, has put down Amy Winehouse, saying she doesn't think Amy Winehouse should have been awarded five Grammies.

Said Cole, "I think we are sending the wrong message to our youth. We shouldn't be awarding partying and drug use. We shouldn't be giving Grammies to artists who use drugs."

Cole herself has won Grammies in 1975, 1976, three in 1991, 1993, and 1996. On a sidenote, Cole, in her autobiography Angel On My Shoulder, admitted to being so good at cooking the stuff, she was referred to as "Freebase Queen."

The freebase queen continued, "we have to stop rewarding bad behaviour. I think she is gifted, her performance was fine. I just feel she's stepping into a place she hasn't earned yet. In fact, I think all drug addict musicians who earned a Grammy after 1996 should return their Grammies. Let's set an example."

Artists who have stepped up to support the cause include Pete Doherty and Keith Richards, although Richards was in favor of making 1995 the cutoff.

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