Jewel (singer)

Cynicism isn't smarter, it's only safer. There's nothing fluffy about optimism.

Jewel Kilcher (born 23 May 1974) is a singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and author, usually known by simply her first name, Jewel.

Quotes

• I think each person knows what's good for them. I don't think you need to be drastic. But it's finding where's passion in your life. We can't live without dreams.
  • The Late Late Show (24 January 1997)

• I kept getting typified as this Pollyanna neohippie. I think it's because I have a different definition of optimism. I've noticed a belief that somehow optimism lacks intelligence and that optimism stems from a lack of experience and naiveté. I don't believe that. I believe optimism is a choice. Cynicism isn't smarter, it's just safer.
  • Interview with Neil Strauss in Rolling Stone (24 December 1998)

• Pieces of You is not a good record. It's an embarrassing record, ultimately. It's like having your dirty laundry aired out. I didn't think people would hear it. But it made me realize that all people want is to be touched. They don't care if it's Celine Dion or Meat Loaf or me.
  • Interview with Neil Strauss in Rolling Stone (24 December 1998)

• I love supporting women and sports. It’s funny, ya know, I don’t think I started off young as a feminist. I read a lot of books in Alaska, I was pretty isolated where I grew up, and I think that I never thought I was any different than a man; I was raised in a place where pioneer women were very strong still. They’d shoe horses and build their own homes and were very self-sufficient. It wasn’t really until I’ve gotten older that I really became a fan of women. And a fan of what women are capable of balancing and achieving, by just being them. I’m proud to support it in any and every avenue.
  • Out Front Magazine Interview: Folk Artist Jewel On Feminism And LGBT Courage (March 14, 2012)

Pieces of You (1995)

Who Will Save Your Soul

Official video

• People living their lives for you on TV
  They say they're better than you, and you agree

• Another doctor's bill, a lawyer's bill, another cute, cheap thrill
  You know you love him if you put him in your will, but
  Who will save your souls?

• Who will save your souls?
  After all those lies that you told, boy
  Now, who will save your souls?
  If you won't save your own?

• Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower
  Went up where the homeless had their homes
  So we pray to as many different gods as there are flowers
  But we call religion our friend
  We're so worried about savin' our souls
  Afraid that God will take His toll that we forget to begin, but
  Who will save your souls?
  When it comes to the beggars now
  Who will save your souls?
  After those lies that you told, boy
  And who will save your souls?
  If you won't save your own?

• There are addictions to feed and there are mouths to pay
  So you bargain with the Devil but you're okay for today
  Say that you love them take their money and run
  And say, "It's been swell, sweetheart
  But it was just one of those things"

A Night Without Armor (1998)

• I'd sit on logs like pulpits
  listen to the sermon
  of sparrows
  and find god in Simplicity,
  there amongst the dandelion
  and thorn
  • "As a Child I Walked"

• the greatest
  Grace
  we can aspire to
  is the strength
  to see the wounded
  walk with the forgotten
  and pull ourselves
  from the screaming
  blood of our losses
  to fight on
  undaunted
  all the more
  • "I Say to You Idols"

External links

• Official Jewel Website
• Jewel Wiki
• Excerpts from A Night Without Armor
• Everyday Angels Jewel Forum (fansite)