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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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'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.
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You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.
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I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.
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I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good.
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I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.
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If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.
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I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
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I hope that my life ends up being my greatest work of art, not just my music.
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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 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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There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.