Some of my favorite poets had a tremendous sense of whimsy, so it's a writing style I guess I admire.
Jewel Kilcher
My whole goal is to keep my spirit intact. If that doesn't happen, none of this is worth it.
worth
I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.
poetry
The greatest Grace we can aspire to is the strength to see the wounded walk with the forgotten and pull ourselves from the screaming blood of our losses to fight on undaunted all the more
strength grace
If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.
purpose
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.
places
I'm the classic absent-minded professor: I'm very focused on something, and meanwhile, I've left the refrigerator door open for hours.
door
style
For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.
mom
The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.
vision
I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I'm repeating something I'm good at. So I'm always looking for new challenges.
challenge
I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.
benefits
I'd sit on logs like pulpits listen to the sermon of sparrows and find god in Simplicity, there amongst the dandelion and thorn
simplicity
Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
innocence
Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.
forgiveness
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