Jewel

I've always toured solo acoustic.

I was raised really poor and so was my husband.

Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.

I moved out of home when I was 15.

Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.

There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.

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

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

My fans get passionate about certain songs.

Like every girl, I felt amazing pressure to look like the popular girls, but no one told me the popular girls were all air brushed in magazines.