Jewel
Jewel
Singer-songwriter who has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and was first celebrated for her single "Who Will Save Your Soul."
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth23 May 1974
CountryUnited States of America
bars grew grew-up
I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.
men people gone
Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.
girl air looks
Like every girl, I felt amazing pressure to look like the popular girls, but no one told me the popular girls were all air brushed in magazines.
fun kids excellence
It's really fun to see young kids trying to find excellence in themselves.
self-worth self standards
Self worth sets the standard that life meets.
acoustics solo
I've always toured solo acoustic.
book records labels
I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,'
I've always been a workhorse, and I've been supporting myself since I was 15.
alive fingers touched
I am most alive when I let myself be touched by the fingers of life.
song sleep angel
I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.
fats needed ifs
I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.
coffee people singing
I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.
simple light people
I love to be alone with life. I love to study simple things: the light as it filters in a window; the music of a room full of people chatting; a horizon.
comfort found organized
I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.