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.

"I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to."

Jewel

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

Jewel

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

Jewel