Quotes By Jewel Kilcher

I grew up doing live tours and playing in bars, so it was what I love to do.

So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

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

You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.

I love being in a band.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

What's great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.

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 love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

I don't exist without writing.

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.

The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.

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.

I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.

I've been performing on stage since I was six years old.

I'm not a wild and crazy person.