I don't exist without writing.
Jewel Kilcher

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

I find you get out of people what you put into them.
Jewel Kilcher

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

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

I love being in a band.
Jewel Kilcher

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

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

I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn't good.
Jewel Kilcher

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


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

I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
Jewel Kilcher

I'm not a partygoer.
Jewel Kilcher

I'm not a wild and crazy person.
Jewel Kilcher

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

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

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

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

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

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