347 Quotes by Jewel

I was homeless and I was in San Diego and I started singing in a local coffee shop and people started coming to hear me sing.

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,'

I love to be alone with life. I love to study simple things: the light as it filters in a window; the music of a room full of people chatting; a horizon.

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.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom, no longer lend your stregth to that which you wish to be free from. Fill your life with love and bravery and you shall live a life oncommon.

I love touring - I don't do it as often as I should.

Life is seductive, yet so few allow themselves to be seduced.

Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.