Jewel Kilcher Quotes
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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.
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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.
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My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
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Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.
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I developed a loyal following. No one knew I was homeless.
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I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.
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The things you fear are undefeatable, not by their nature, but by your approach.
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I have always been a workaholic.
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I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.
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I was raised really poor and so was my husband.
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There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.
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I was Renee Zellweger's fat doppelganger. If she ever played in a movie where she needed to be fat, apparently I could be her stunt double.
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I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.
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Records have never really been my strong suit. I've always been a much better live act. I didn't understand the language of the studio. You sing differently in a studio. The language, the craft - it's just a whole different deal. I avoided the problem on my first record by doing a live album.
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You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.
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I find you get out of people what you put into them.
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I love touring - I don't do it as often as I should.
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I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours.
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I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.
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I would love to write more children's books. There is such a high standard out there for children's books; there are really amazing writers. It is a fantastic creative outlet and such an amazing teaching tool. The thing I love about kids, too, is it is so imaginative and poetic.
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Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.
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Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.
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I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state - you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you, and so it's heartbreaking to hear people say snarky things.
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It's really fun to see young kids trying to find excellence in themselves.