Jewel
Jewel is a singer-songwriter whose work spans folk, pop, and country music, and who received the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video.
Born on May 23, 1974, in Payson, Jewel is a U.S. citizen who works in English. She attended Steller Secondary School and later studied at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Her occupations cover a wide range: she works as a singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, and musician, and she has also taken on roles as a film actor, writer, and poet. She is additionally identified as a yodeler, a skill that sits alongside her work across folk, pop, and country music.
As a recording artist, Jewel has drawn on those multiple creative identities throughout her career. Her work as a writer and poet exists alongside her musical output, and her range as a performer includes guitar playing and yodeling. The MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video stands as a named, concrete recognition of her presence as a recording artist, and it reflects the breadth of what she does as someone whose occupations span music, composition, acting, writing, and poetry.
Quotes by Jewel
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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.
My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn’t come across – the music was pretty.
Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I’ve always hoped to have a really long career. So I’ve tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn’t realize the two could go together.
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.
