Amy Winehouse's mum Janis has been on GMTV talking about her daughter, obviously, her Grammy success and her hopes for the singer's recovery from addiction. Commenting on her improved condition, she said: "Well, as you saw, she looks good and it's a case of she's on the road, and that's what it's about, she's on the road to recovery".
She added, however, that she thought it was a good thing that Amy didn't make it to the Grammys in person, saying: "I think it would have been too much for her because all of the travelling and flying there, I mean seeing what the Grammys was like ... we could see it live from there and I thought if Amy were there, she'd be lost in it, she'd be a little girl lost in it".
Asked about Amy's feelings about the fact that husband Blake Fielder-Civil was unable to join the awards celebrations, Janis refused to comment, saying: "Mmm yes, yes, I'll leave that one".
Then she said this, which is a bit of a ramble, but I just about understand what she's getting at, so I expect you will too: "You know, I was helpless because there was nothing I could do because Amy had to do it for Amy and that's the way it is. So you know it's a case of life is a weird, weird thing. Things are thrown in that are good, but there's a bad there and there's a good there and you've always got to have a balance, definitely".