What is jewels story

She and Nedra have not. How does she feel about her mother now? And, sometimes, we do well or we do worse. And what I tried to show is, by doing so you can do a lot with that. Many people suffer much worse than I have. Her resilience comes as no surprise to Poltz, her former beau and musical collaborator. In the mids, before she even had a record deal, he brought Jewel on tour as the opening act for his band, The Rugburns, and told wary audiences she would soon be famous. He was right. She was driven.

It was a lot to go through at such a young age, from living in your van and not having any money, to having a huge debut album and buying property in Rancho Santa Fe.

The spotlight was on her, and she learned from doing it. She became more savvy and more schooled. The song release finds her returning to the folk-music roots of her debut album. In a weird way, I feel like I wrote those songs way ahead of time.

But you can bet I was thinking about him when I recorded it for this album. Chelsea Clinton was a big fan. She went on to perform at the edition of the Woodstock festival in upstate New York. A difficulty for me in the book was handling the historical moving of time. Not everything can be profound, or have a lot of meaning. When there was emotional significance, I learned to slow down and describe the atmosphere. Then some sections were more about paradigm shifts and philosophical changes in my thinking.

I needed to be emotionally honest. Jewel signed a deal with Atlantic Records in Jewel's first album, Pieces of You , was released the following year, but it wasn't until that the album really took off. She toured constantly to promote her music, serving as the opening act for two musical legends: Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

With its folk and pop sensibility, the album went on to sell around 11 million copies. Listeners were captivated by the heartfelt emotions Jewel conveyed in her songs.

Jewel's second album, Spirit , released in , showcased her talents as a folk music performer. Filled with ballads and simple instrumentation, the album included the popular songs "Hands" and "Standing Still. Jewel went on to reinvent herself in with , making a foray into dance music, much to the surprise of her longtime fans.

The album debuted at the No. In , Jewel returned to her roots with the personal, folk-influenced album Goodbye Alice in Wonderland , which met with mild success. In November , Jewel embarked on another musical transformation when she signed with Valory Records and began working on her first country album. Perfectly Clear hit retail stores in June and debuted at No. In early , Jewel announced that she was working on a new album. No longer willing to put up with the abuse, Jewel moved off her family's homestead at age 15 and into a cabin of her own.

My dad and I had a difficult relationship, and I thought, 'I could live in a cabin by myself or I could live in a cabin with a guy that isn't that nice to me.

So, why not go live in a cabin by myself? When she left home, Jewel, now 46, says she was determined not to hold a grudge against her father despite everything she had been through. Jewel credits the meditation and mindfulness practices — which she first started developing at age 18 while spending a year homeless after moving to San Diego to be with her mom — for helping her break the cycle. The poverty cycle was just really hard to break," said Jewel, whose struggles were also chronicled in her bestselling memoir "Never Broken.

Eventually, Jewel was discovered at 19 years old "by accident" when she was singing in bars and coffee shops. Jewel negotiated a massive record deal, but fear led her to almost not sign it. For a lot of troubled youth, Jewel said, "opportunity often means you're going to implode. Jewel ended selling 30 million albums, getting nominated for four Grammys and landing on the cover of Time -- things she "never thought would be in the cards for someone with my background.

Back when her life was in tatters, Jewel said she would have "killed" for the opportunities offered by the foundation to help at-risk youth.