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
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I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car.
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My husband and I have kept a good balance between the work and the rest. I feel so lucky having a job, and I know so may people who focus too much on work, and their home lives suffer.
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Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower Went up where the homeless had their home.
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I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else is icing. You know, it is a kick to go down the red carpet in that dress and then you go back home.
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I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.
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My life has been full of struggles - coming from a troubled home, moving out when I was fifteen, ending up homeless by eighteen. The one thing I always knew was being jaded and bitter was equal to letting life win.
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Most homeless kids are on the streets because they have been forced by circumstances that cause them to think that they are safer there than in any home they once knew.
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I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.
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I moved out of home when I was 15.
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What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.
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The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.
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I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.
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I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.
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The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.