Quotes by Jewel

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

Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You dont outrun pain.

What we believe as human nature in actuality is human habit.

Reality wins, and Id rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and trust should be earned, and when youre famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether youve earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection—fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon. Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

My hands are small, I knowBut theyre not yours, they are my ownBut theyre not yours, they are my ownAnd I am never broken

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.

This is the best worst time of my life.

We cant underestimate the value of silence. We need to create ourselves, need to spend time alone. If you dont, you risk not knowing yourself and not realizing your dreams.

Words can be said easily, but one cant fake actions.

In the end only kindness matters.

Dreams last so long, even after youre gone

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, theres really nothing to lose.

True cynics kill themselves. The rest are posers, trying to use clever sarcasm and snarky remarks to hide insecurity and the fear that if they put themselves out there, they will fail.

One man came up to me at a taco stand and said, I have no idea who you are, but I can see everyone is staring at you, so you must be somebody. I just wanted to tell you that you are not that special. Youre no more special than me. I looked at him with a mouth full of food and managed to say, Thanks. I agree, and promptly asked the waitress for a to go box.

So you write to our congressmenWith bleeding pensOf the sorrow withinAnd in return they just sendTickets to the latest Tom Hanks show

For now Im just enjoying being a mom. I dont want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.

Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. Ive always hoped to have a really long career. So Ive tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didnt realize the two could go together.