I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

— Jewel

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

— Jewel

It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

— Jewel

I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry,'

— Jewel

I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

— Jewel

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

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose.

— Jewel

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 are no bounds.

— Jewel

My hands are small, I know But they're not yours, they are my own But they're not yours, they are my own And I am never broken

— Jewel

My innocence is not lost—it has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call "breaking" is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me to live an open and truthful life.

— Jewel