From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V3 #341 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Tuesday, June 23 1998 Volume 03 : Number 341 * If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to jewel-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Jewel tour dates, go to: * http://jewel.zoonation.com and click on "TOUR" * OR * go to the OFFICIAL Jewel home page at http://www.jeweljk.com * and go to the "What, When, Where" section * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Some of the EDA questions sent in for Jewel to answer :-) [Mike Connell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:17:42 -0400 From: Mike Connell Subject: Some of the EDA questions sent in for Jewel to answer :-) Howdy everyone :-) Below are the first of some of the unique questions sent in to ask Jewel. I am NOT saying these are the best, nor that these will make the cut for the vote, that's not in my hands. It's in the hands of the 12 panelists. I am just sending on the questions I feel that are different....thought provoking....etc. This is no way reflects what the 12 panelists are thinking. Also, as a reminder....to submit a question, send it in to ME at ducksoup@spectra.net and please have the SUBJECT of the email be 20Q Only one question per person please :-) The deadline to submit a question is 6:00pm ET Wednesday June 24th. Mike :-) ******* Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 23:35:29 -0400 From: "Arjay McKenzie" Subject: Question#005 You say to live life to the fullest, and not to regret mistakes made along the way. I am just curious if you have made any mistakes you have regret, and what was the most valuable lesson you have learned through them making you a better person? Jay McKenzie ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 23:48:57 -0400 From: "Seth D. Fulmer" Subject: Question#008 When you write songs, do the lyrics and melodies simply fall together into place, or do you need to write one before another? Seth Fulmer kaosking@voicenet.com ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 21:14:19 PDT From: "Kristi Butler" Subject: Question#009 WHY WASN'T ONE OF JEWELS SONG ON THE LILITH FAIR CD? I KNOW SHE IS ON THERE WITH THE INDIGO GIRLS, BUT I WAS DISSAPOINTED NOT TO SEE HER SOLO. KRISTI BUTLER ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 23:31:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Alicia Di Benedetto Subject: Question#013 for life. I was wondering if religion (organized or not) has played a role in your upbringing... or is it nature or your family or people in general that has helped you to develop into the woman you are today? alicia ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 23:41:03 -0500 From: sessykes1@juno.com (Scott E Sykes) Subject: Question#014 What do you see as the greatest problem facing out great country today? Scott Sykes ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:10:38 EDT From: MsAthene@aol.com Subject: Question#015 Having sang all your life and living in many different places, did u ever expect for fame to hit you at such an early age? Especially with such a different style of music than what is popular right now? Sarah Stowe ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:16:44 -0700 From: "David E. Loewen" Subject: Question#016 My question: Jewel, as an artist, has been a singer, songwriter, poet, and actress. Where does she see herself going next artistically? David Loewen ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:23:09 -0400 From: Crash Boy Subject: Question#017 Question: With the amount of fame and fortune you have acquired in the past few years, do you feel that you have had to give up your privacy to the media and paparazzi because of your "celebrity" status? Eric Montas ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:31:31 EDT From: MRYLMNRO@aol.com Subject: Question#018 If you were guaranteed honest responses to any three questions, who would you ask the questions and what would you ask? @ngEL ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:58:40 PDT From: "David Trinh" Subject: Question#019 If you were omnipotent for a small moment what would you do? (e.g. create utopia, remove poverty, have a chocolate sundae....etc) David Trinh ***** Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 23:03:08 -0700 (MST) From: Benjamin J Morris Subject: Question#020 Jewel: I know picking a favorite song of yours is like picking a favorite child, but which of your songs, on Pieces of You or on Angelfood or as yet to be recorded, do you feel best reflects the spirituality you have gained in life, and why this is so? Thank you..... Ben - Rocky Mountain Angel ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 01:12:53 -0700 From: klbastarache@juno.com (Krystal L Basatarache) Subject: Question#023 Do you have any advice for any aspiring singer/songwriter/poets like myself who are just getting started? -Krystal ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:17:15 +0000 From: "Nathan" Subject: Question#024 Bob Dylan has said that he can't get up from writing a song until it's finished. Do you write all in one sitting or do your songs build fragment by fragment until they're done? (And which comes first - the melody or the words?) Stay sensitive, Nathan ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 06:34:13 -0400 From: Andrew Chandler Subject: Question#025 Jewel - What are your religious beliefs? Andrew Chandler. ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:05:29 +0000 From: angerica@ndirect.co.uk Subject: Question#026 I remember that you said once that many of the kids at your school when you were younger had eating disorders or similar problems. Do you think that other peoples insecurities made you look at yourself a little more critically, it made you more ready to scrutinise what you didn't like? - - -Erica Power :()) ****** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:02:19 EDT From: TWEETIE323@aol.com Subject: Question#028 I read in an article that you [Jewel] write everyday. I am a writer and often suffer from writer's block I was wondering if there is times you do too and if you have any suggestions for breaking this horrible blankness. =) <3 Debi- The Blocked Angel ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:29:36 EDT From: FanOJewel@aol.com Subject: Question#030 dear jewel, some audiences can be obnoxious while others can be very respectful. i know you can adapt pretty well to any kind of audience but do you find that your performance suffers when an audience is noisy & that it benefits when the audience is quiet and respectful? i asked mrbb about this & he told me that youre more likely to play rare songs and that you often perform your best in silence. how does crowd noise or silence effect your performances and since its getting more difficult to play in front of respectful quiet audience, what can we do to help bring out the best in you? thank you! love, anna ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 09:46:03 -0500 From: "Jason Coulterman" Subject: Question#032 Jewel, will you be releasing a concert on video, if so, when? Jason Coulterman ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:56:40 EDT From: SWTHRT9758@aol.com Subject: Question#033 Hi Jewel, you mentioned that you would like to focus more on classical music. What would you like to do an Opera, play more classical guitar, or right a symphony?Thank you! Clint Borzoni ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:31:14 PDT From: "Kevin Kasten" Subject: Question#034 Jewel, I was wondering if you could share with me and the rest of the EDAs a particularly funny story from your days of living in your car in San Diego and playing in coffee houses there, that you have not previously related to the media in general. Do you look on those days as "good times" in light of your recent fame and fortune and possible lack of free time and anonymity? Thanks, Kevin Kasten ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:03:52 -0500 From: bedo7@juno.com (Emily S Tate) Subject: Question#035 Jewel- Do you still enjoy being famous, or is it starting to get annoying with all these people all over you knowing everything you do? Emily ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:43:03 EDT From: Sierra4508@aol.com Subject: Question#036 Question: What inspired you to write the song, "The Dance Between Two Women"? Name: Kelly Fugate ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:55:16 EDT From: VeganCat7@aol.com Subject: Question#037 My question for Jewel is.... Does she think that the poetry and thoughts of young people/ teenagers are as valid as those of older people? She has often commented on the youngness and naivete of Pieces of You versus her new writing. Leyna Tilbor ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 14:18:02 EDT From: Craftykb@aol.com Subject: Question#039 Question: In interviews you somtimes say you held your career back, as you felt under-confident. How did you overcome any shyness and how do you cope with all the media attention you recieve today? Katherine, from Scotland ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:32:09 -0700 From: "Mike Gray" Subject: Question#040 "How do you feel about not releasing the recordings made at the Bearsville sessions? Many EDAs are concerned that they may never see the light of day - and while we acknowledge that they aren't where you are at right now, many of us feel that they are still very valid pieces in their own right, and wonder what exactly is to become of them. Mike ***** Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 03:00:05 +0800 From: "Subashini" Subject: Question#044 Question for Jewel: Throughout your career, you've had a lot of positive *and* negative feedback. I've often wondered, does the criticism bother you in any way? How do you manage to stay focused on what you're doing and write with honesty and sincerity when you know that there are certain people out there who don't understand what you do, and feel the need to put you down? Is it a daily struggle to tune out your detractors, or are you immune to it, in some way? Subashini ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:54:18 +0200 From: Cris Eichler Subject: Question#048 If I said: "This world would be a better place without religious organizations (i.e. the Christian Church) or even without religion altogether, because everybody had to make up their own minds as to what or what not to believe in rather than being told what to think and more people may conclude that in fact 'we are that to which we pray'. " Would you agree ? And why ?, Cris Eichler ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:01:35 EDT From: KKir@aol.com Subject: Question#049 What is Jewel's belief as to why we (all living things) are on Earth? JP, thanks. ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:54:07 -0400 From: "Jon Arena" Subject: Question#050 What is you current position on faith? In several songs you have mentioned it, like "I'm senstive" and "Amen", and I was wondering where you stand. ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:00:40 EDT From: Sully289@aol.com Subject: Question#053 do you keep in touch with sarah mclahlan or anyone else you met @ lilith? ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 18:11:03 EDT From: TFace151@aol.com Subject: Question#054 What would you describe as the hardest obstical you have had to overcome to be the success you are today? Teresa Trich, PA ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 15:14:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Karen Boysen Subject: Question#056 Have you ever thought of doing a blues or jazz album, or is that not an area of music that is of interest to you anymore? Karen Boysen ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:28:34 -0400 From: ZZdeMosq Subject: Question#058 Jewel, Are you going to be more musically ambitious on record (i.e. play electric/lead guitar, band arrangements, etc,) like your live & non LP work?" Pete ***** Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:20:00 +1000 From: blh301@coombs.anu.edu.au (Barry Howarth) Subject: Question#060 Jewel, Throughout my life - I'm 57 - I have tried to follow my dreams and stick to my ideals but when I had to bring up two children by myself, and I put them first, it was very hard to 'maintain my innocence' and not compromise with the pressure simply to 'survive'. Do you also find it hard to 'maintain your innocence' now that you have wealth and fame and are under the pressure of the expectations of so many other people ? Or do you still find you can stick to what you said in the JewelStock version of your lovely poem 'As A Child I Walked': ". . . until I am able to go back to my lovely mountains or until I am strong enough to bring their essence to the rest of these hungry people who long to remember the simplicity which lies beyond the city's inbred streets and the godliness which resides in us all"? Sorry the question is so long. I love and admire you tremedously. Barry Howarth Canberra, Australia ***** Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 21:25:47 -0400 From: DanS Subject: Question#062 Jewel, You have a reputation as a very prolific songwriter, with possibly hundreds of wonderful songs in your repertoire worthy of being released. We have been waiting a very long time for a new album, but now we hear that the long delay in releasing Fritz Creek Store has resulted in its cancellation altogether. We have been told it doesn't represent where you are any more, but two years ago it did, and many of us are extremely disappointed we didn't get an opportunity to own a copy of those outstanding songs you worked so hard to produce in 1996. What's going on? Dan Stark ***** - - * If you are new to the Jewel list and need a helping hand, * The Jewel/EveryDay Angels List Homepage & Guide is at: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup * * If you have any list related questions, please feel free * to email me at ducksoup@spectra.net * or you can IM me on either of the AOL names below: * DuckOfPrey or WhyADuck55 on AOL or AOL Instant Messenger ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V3 #341 ***************************