I pretty much disassociate my musical likes from the artists personal habits/political positions, etc.

As one who also writes from time to time I always appreciate good poetry, and when an artist manages to combine awesome poetry and great music too I'm seriously wowed.

Bruce Sprinsteens "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." is a shining example of that .... along with almost anything The Doors did. Morrison was an awesome poet and I wish Springsteen haddn gotten away from those roots

Amy Winehouse was a decent poet/storyteller and her voice let her really play with the lyrics a lot, which was cool, especially since I liked her style of blues/pop/jazz/funk/almost reggae, but .... I could never get behind her lifestyle choices, although a good part of that is what made her music what it was all in all