Zitat des Tages von Jewel:
Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous; there's really nothing to lose.
Once you are successful, there's a very seductive rhythm at work that keeps you wanting to outdo yourself. By the end of 'Spirit' I felt like I didn't want to get into that trap. It almost makes you cartoon-like.
When we're children we're told love is going to be great: Just fall in love, the rest will take care of itself - and then we fall in love and we realize, Okay, this is actually really, really hard work. This guy doesn't just tell me I'm great every day, you know?
The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.
I have always been a workaholic.
Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds.
I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours.
I'm a Gemini and I have a lot of different moods. Sometimes I'm very serious and introspective and pensive, but other times I'm completely goofy and girlie. So, I like my songs to cover all my moods.
I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good.
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead.
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 think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.
I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.
Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
I don't exist without writing.
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.
It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more.
I guess I'm a Gemini through and through, but I'm mercurial. I get bored doing the same things.
Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.
I moved out of home when I was 15.
I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.
I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.
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.
For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.
I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.
I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.
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.
The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.
I'm not a wild and crazy person.
I have hundreds and hundreds of songs waiting to get on albums, but I don't know about the three-month radio tours and if I'll be interested in that. I haven't figured it out, but I will definitely be doing music, whether it is independent or with a major record label.
I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.
We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America.
I don't feel like I've changed as much as radio formats have changed.
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.
