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Jewel Kilcher
American
Musician
About the author
So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Parents
#Disillusionment
I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Years
#Old
If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Purpose
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.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Right
#Love
#Fun
#Nothing
#Wrong
Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Time
On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Hair
The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Night
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Commitment
#Respect
#Vision
#Writers
What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#People
#Music
I'm not a wild and crazy person.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Night
I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Kids
#Poetry
Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#First
#Writing
#Goal
I love being in a band.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Love
#Being
I don't exist without writing.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Writing
I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#World
I find you get out of people what you put into them.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#People
I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Suspicion
I'm not a partygoer.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Love
#Nothing
#Power
I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Comfort
#Religion
I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Want
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.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#People
#Age
#Integrity
#Quick
I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.
Jewel Kilcher,
American
Musician
#Love