What we call human nature in actuality is human habit. - Jewel

I did not write love songs as a sixteen-year-old. I did not write about crushes or about mean girls. I wrote about my life — about the injustices and inequities and the search for answers and self-responsibility.

Pieces of You is not a good record. It's an embarrassing record, ultimately. It's like having your dirty laundry aired out. I didn't think people would hear it. But it made me realize that all people want is to be touched. They don't care if it's Celine Dion or Meat Loaf or me.

Don't accept the fear that scarcity exists in any corner of your life. There is enough love, enough time, enough healing to go around. Give what you wish to receive.