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
What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place. Jewel greatincludekind Change image and share on social
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. Jewel albumannoybaby share on social
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, and so it's heartbreaking to hear people say snarky things. Jewel alaskadebtfeel share on social
Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise. Jewel bandfreeimprovise 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
Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate. Jewel bittercompassionatehard Change image and share on social
I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic. Jewel atlanticbackbirthday share on social
