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
writing knowing goal
Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
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I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing.
writing telling-the-truth vulnerable
I personally feel the most vulnerable when I write. That's where I learned to tell the truth when I was young.
writing
I don't exist without writing.
fun mean writing
I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.
writing feelings secret
Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.
american-musician everybody great including music takes
What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.
american-musician
The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.
artists benefit break came dawn grassroots happen helped sort
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.
asleep car fall homeless since
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.
american-musician since
I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.
american-musician respect writers
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
kinder
There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.
grounded trying
I was really intimidated. I was really timid. And so a lot of what Ang did with me was trying to get me grounded and I think that's why he had me do tai chi, just trying to get me settled.