I enjoy hard work; I love setting goals and achieving them. Jewel achieveenjoygoal Change image and share on social
I think being raised spending so much time outdoors was really important - while you're in it, you might not know, but now I think of the things I was thankful for. Jewel importantoutdoorraise Change image and share on social
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. Jewel asleepbegincar Change image and share on social
I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people's truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly just be brave. Jewel agebravecode Change image and share on social
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,' Jewel bookhavelabel Change image and share on social
I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort. Jewel comfortfindorganize Change image and share on social
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. Jewel 90sartistbenefit share on social
If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken you two hours to do it. It's like mining for gold. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of technique. Jewel britneydollargold share on social
I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just what I've always liked - people who would talk real honestly about their lives and their circumstance. Jewel bobcircumstancedylan share on social