Jewel (singer)
Appearance

Jewel Kilcher (born 23 May 1974) is a singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and author, usually known by simply her first name, Jewel.
Quotes
[edit]- 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)[1]
Pieces of You (1995)
[edit]- 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)
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Official Jewel Website
- Jewel Wiki
- Excerpts from A Night Without Armor
- Everyday Angels Jewel Forum (fansite)
- ↑ Hatch, Holly (2012-03-14). Folk Artist Jewel on Feminism and LGBT Courage (in English). Out Front. Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved on 2021-07-29.
Categories:
- Poets from the United States
- Guitarists from the United States
- Women guitarists
- People from Utah
- People from Alaska
- Folk singers
- Pop singers
- Rock singers
- Singer-songwriters from the United States
- Women singers
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Feminists from the United States
- Actresses from the United States
- Philanthropists from the United States
- Pop music
- American folk music
- Pop rock singers
- Country music