Jewel Kilcher (Jewel) Quotes

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 Kilcher

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• I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

  

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• Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.

  

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• Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.

  

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• I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

  

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• I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

  

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• I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.

  

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• Most people, from their second album on, find it much harder to be as spontaneously creative as they were with their first couple of records, and some people only have one thing that they do.

  

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• We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.

  

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• Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

  

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• For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.

  

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• When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.

  

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• Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.

  

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• I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.

  

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• 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 Kilcher
  • Writing
  • Kids
  • Parents