Jewel Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.”

“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 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.”

“I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.”

“If someone is willing to help you understand your own worth when you're vulnerable, that's a very touching thing. It makes you want to help other people.”

“If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken you two hours to do it. It's like mining for gold. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of technique.”

“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.”

“I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.”

“I've been writing lullabies since the beginning. I kind of did it for myself to help myself fall asleep when I really worried, like when I was homeless and I'd fall asleep in my car.”