#d

I was raised really poor and so was my husband. ↗

— Jewel

#i #i was raised #poor #raised #really

I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing. ↗

— Jewel

#annoy #baby #beatles #i #inspired

I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours. ↗

— Jewel

#door #focused #hours #i #left

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

#before #book #doing #got #had

It's like a garden: Whatever you water the most will do the best. At some point, you decide whether you'll water your career or your relationship more. ↗

— Jewel

#career #decide #garden #like #more

My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty. ↗

— Jewel

#because #come #frustrating #i #i think

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

— Jewel

#favorite #guess #had #i #poets

We must all work together to end youth homelessness in America. ↗

— Jewel

#end #homelessness #must #together #work

When we're children we're told love is going to be great: Just fall in love, the rest will take care of itself - and then we fall in love and we realize, Okay, this is actually really, really hard work. This guy doesn't just tell me I'm great every day, you know? ↗

— Jewel

#care #children #day #every #every day

Among all his creatures in heaven or earth, God hath not made any like unto the sun in the firmament, the beams whereof are beautiful and pleasant, and do give comfort in all places to all things. ↗

— John Jewel

#among #any #beams #beautiful #comfort