Jewel Kilcher | Full Episode 7.14.23 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | PBS

Singer-songwriter Jewel Kilcher discusses her journey from a troubled upbringing in Alaska to music megastardom, how she saved her own soul by prioritizing her mental health, and her virtual reality platform providing access to mindfulness tools.
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[@mguitar762]

Beautiful Jewel. Love your music and lyrics.

[@smadm2437]

Jewel's book is worth reading. And I agree, this was a great interview, Margaret asked excellent questions. It must be exhausting for artists to be asked the same questions, especially when she wrote a book that interviewers can read. So yeah great job 👏

[@chicanapunkLA]

I agree there's a difference between an entertainment interviewer and a journalist. Both of these women are extremely articulate! 💜

[@cindylouhoo]

I love the way she rocked the 2PAC attire !! Jewel is 100% fabulous, as a musician, as a woman, as a person in general, she is absolutely fabulous in every way, she always has been. Rock On Jewel !!

[@Matthew.Carauddo]

I sent Jewel an email LOOONNNG ago. When her first album hit stores. I absolutely adored her style, messages, voice, all of it. She replied and it was kind of her to notice or bother. I never had the chance to see her live, but I bought three of her albums on CD. Still just as good today. I think maybe "My Hands" is perhaps the most encapsulating of her vibe. My favorite one, too.

[@vincentmartinez8241]

I love everything about Jewel. She's my favorite female celebrity❤❤❤

[@CBRHurricane6]

Huge fan of “love me just leave me alone” myself

[@raghavendraramachandrappa2664]

Once a Jewel , always a Jewel ❤

[@chicanapunkLA]

Such a great interview. The journalists spoke at a good pace and asked stimulating questions and Jewel answered intellectually. They flowed beautifully together

[@ginakeiter6544]

I have to agree with this statement! The interviewer was just as stimulating as listening to Jewel. I loved this so much.

[@mpetra4537]

Wow......incredible person Jewel is......such insight on life for her age.

[@darindamaddio3727]

she's 50

[@Sam-kc3yu]

that’s a amazing story , maybe i can learn at 58 what she new at 20 and save my soul

[@user-lg3cg1vs8c]

I went to her performance in my town a few days ago. It was great! Jewel is an extraordinary human being. I admire her very much.

[@kodymadis2111]

Amazing interview !

[@irisguillen4896]

What a wonderful human being. Very inspiring. She touched my soul, deep down.

[@LW565]

My husband won tickets on the radio to Jewels Anchorage AK Homecoming Concert. It was a quaint smaller venue. Maybe a couple hundred people in an auditorium setting. She was AMAZING all around. Plugged in an autistic guitar took audience requests sang & played and walked around. We were introduced to her mother who is talented as well. She was a lot of fun. Super friendly toward all her fans. Jewel's concert is in the top 5 of many years of concert going. ❤

[@heartheart5543]

Margaret asked great questions, so Jewel gave great answer, and it made this interviews interesting and great

[@pepperminttemperament538]

Thank you, Jewel.

[@maryabbott8344]

Just a gem for certain…. She made it through such a wonderful but tough life…..

[@HDnatureTV]

Great interview - loved Jewel when she hit in the 80s or 90s... now doing some more research on her - love the rock n roll.

[@rikidik5352]

Well Miss Jewel got the name she deserved, because that's exactly what she is...... And the part she talked about reading is extremely on point. If you are able to read and understand you don't need to go to a prestigious learning institution. You can figure out life on your own. Thanks Jewel for this amazing interview 😊😊😊😊😊

[@tomzeltwanger1060]

Jewel has the most amazing singing voice I have ever heard. Now that I know her story, even more amazing. What a life-warrior.

[@JewelKilchers]

Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@JewelKilchers]

Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@Demonslayerprovideo]

Love always.

[@heidiklessard8440]

Jewel, beautiful inside and out. Authentic, talented and strong women, always. ❤ Also - hair, makeup and outfit is on point - awesome!

[@JosedeJezeus]

Look at that stacked jewelry

[@whatever5922]

She’s so eloquent

[@Danny_ll]

I just discovered she made a Lulliby album and i cant stop listening to it, especially Simple Gifts

[@tommygrace234]

Why are her words powerful? Raw honesty and vulnerability filled with an inward courage, curiosity and commitment to experience the beauty of the life we've been given even in the midst of the storms life brings all of us. If I were a Buffalo I would want to be heading into the storm right along side her. She is a great ambassador for the youth of the next generation. A True Chief and not an Indian!!! Indians are incredible brave, Chiefs are incredible brave and WISE!

[@JewelKilchers]

thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@JewelKilchers]

Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@a.e.jabbour5003]

I was a big fan of Jewel when she was relatively new on the scene. It doesn't surprise me at all that she's had such a tumultuous life, it really comes through in her art. She's inspiring, without a doubt.

[@MegaBliss007]

I love her!❤

[@jeremyjon]

Jewel is Inspiration on Legs

[@robw6447]

Thoughtful and intelligent person. Loved it.

[@terrytiefromthailand]

What an intelligent person Jewel is! Great interview by Margaret Hoover!

[@prayingmantis5435]

Beautiful inside and out. Definitely a precious jewel. ❤

[@thefinestgreen]

Wonderful! Solitude will clear your mind and show you how we live. It’s not a pretty sight, nothing looks right, and it’s a horrible place to be alone! But in that darkest night, you’ll choose what’s right, and your inner light-that’s right, your.very own spark of God-will guide you home.

[@user-kr5gr5es6v]

Wow! You go Girl! Beautiful!

[@MillicentAspinet]

Jewel's wisdom is profound. I don't have to worry anymore about Kevin Costner mistreating her. She will never let that happen.

[@jenns.5791]

Wait, what? Are you kidding? Or is she really dating Kevin Costner!!??

[@LisaRogelMoretti]

That's a,lie get a,life

[@dee-deebe9256]

Wow...What an inspiration👏🏽#Jewel💜

[@heidiklessard8440]

💯 Jewel has ALWAYS been authentic and Inspiring!!

[@wiseone5968]

I was, and still am, a BIG FAN! Great interview.

[@BadToTheBone9669]

I fell in love with Jewel years ago when I first heard her music, and You Were Meant for Me felt like she was talking to me. Now she's getting serious with Kevin Costner, and no way I could ever compete with that. I still love her, though..

[@GaryDerry11]

Astounding! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JewelKilchers]

Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@JewelKilchers]

Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@willfrey7589]

Margaret, you knocked out of the park, again. This is the best interview program on television.

[@christopherdean2893]

What A wonderful interview, Thank you

[@user-ez1bo3wn5m]

raw honesty brutal honesty and vulnerability and filled with an inward courage curiosity and commitment to experience the beauty of the life we've been given even in the midst of the storms life brings all of us. jewel has a deep deep inner strength just exactly like i do.

[@HarmonDMark]

excellent interview and I learned a lot about very talented person

[@lisamainello146]

Love this interview thank you

[@clancep]

We love Jewel! She is a National treasure and the work she is doing amazing and a tremendous help to others.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

JEWEL LOOK GREAT ON PBS !!!!

[@Jonesy795]

What a beautiful soul! Jewel is the absolute real deal! Her story is so inspiring and I wished many more artists would listen and learn the values that she ascribes to. Rather than pursue fame and fortune as a way to fill the holes and traumas of life, artists should create art that helps them to heal and stay strong…then they will find joy, peace and fulfillment in their artistry and ultimately everything else will follow.

[@blakeaaron5698]

I hope to see Jewel and Alanis Morissette collaborate on some intellectual (non-music) projects

[@vinkoivomilicdiaz6932]

Jewel still the best.

[@abebrock5559]

Wow, Wow, Wow ... now we know the goal is not the destination, the journey is the destination

[@Deeinqld]

Jewel inspired No Kid Hungry Australia way back in 1998

[@robertrucker9161]

😢I am a big fan. Jewel She needs to forget about what others

[@anthonygnewbreast1609]

Amazing

[@user-cg1ni7ub9i]

Being raised in Nature as I was gave me the strength along with prayer that my Mother taught me. I was taught by my father skills of how to keep the motors running along with every thing from suspension systems, pneumatic and hydraulic and mechanical systems. In Jr high school you had shop classes like Wood, metal, electric shop when I went to high school I had Auto Shop for 3 years and ceramic shop were I learned to throw on the potters wheel and made pottery even after high school I bought a wheel and would go back to 18:10 school to have them fired. My Father taught me how to box with Marcus of Rules , in high school I took gymnastics and did the Rings. When my children were young I took many different styles of fighting r

[@powderloca]

❤

[@Kevin-xx8xp]

She looks JUST like my first wife...did I mention, I've never been married. I love the ground you walk. Thank you for being just a jewel.

[@Kevin-xx8xp]

By the way I am a Nation Inspector of Hardwoods NHLA , Memphis Schooled. ;)

[@JewelKilchers]

@@Kevin-xx8xp Hello thanks so much for your love and support towards my career❤️💝and how long have you been a fan.

[@CatherineSTodd]

24:03: "I want to be a happy whole human, not a human full of holes." ~ Jewel

[@lesliechandler1605]

Emotional intelligence can raise the dragon up in guarded people...they belittle it.

[@pauljudd9825]

happy is a temp feeling joy and peace only thru Christ

[@willmercury]

Only?

[@timtruett5184]

Happiness is not the same thing as hedonism, which seems to be what you are thinking of. Christianity is notably lacking in its thinking about happiness and how to achieve it. If you want to be happy, the best place I know to look is in Buddhist philosophy and practice.

[@CatherineSTodd]

I don't believe in the concept "forgiveness," as it's not part of my makeup and DNA. I believe "forgiveness is God's job, not mine." But ACCEPTANCE is what I strive for, and it gives me the means to MOVE ON, leaving the pain, rejection, hurt and anger behind. ACCEPTANCE is like the blue skies with clouds moving across the sky, in the gentle healing winds.

[@CatherineSTodd]

Therapy can help, UNLESS you have an abusive therapist the way I did with Sonaj K. Schoenwald, from NC, SC and now in CA. She almost destroyed me, and there is little to no oversight for abusive therapists. So if you do go, I hope you get a good one... but if you aren't comfortable, get the heck out!

[@LynnOpportunity]

I'd love to understand why she predominantly wears gigantic chains. I don't see chains as jewelery.

[@rmcvyp8633]

..and that's what you got from this interview?

[@JL-cn6nh]

@@rmcvyp8633best comment

[@sbgtrev]

Classic INFP

[@ampavoo]

REALLY TELLING JEWELRY............SAD

[@WonderfulPitbull-bh7wh]

Flirt

[@danx1216]

interviewer tries to go woke twice and jewel keeps bring it back to real Love jewel...ENOUGH of media WOKERS LOL

[@christopherwellman2364]

The Assness Foundation 😂

[@vinyredford8581]

Great Interview. Jewel has one of the most beautiful voices as singers. She is an extraordinary and very talented Artist.

[@danx1216]

Why aren't modern women curious to learn to change a tire like Jewel? hmmm

[@christopherwellman2364]

I don't "want" to be great But I am a therapist

[@lokat74]

Forgiveness is a man-made concept? No honey, it's a God made concept.

[@willmercury]

Proof of claim?

[@kontesica]

Dont call her honey

[@lokat74]

@@kontesica ok Honey

[@MisterSkeptic]

Jewel is an amazing human being. Couldn't help noticing though that this feminist interviewer while rightly highlighted the abuse by her father, she incredibly chose not to bring up the fact that her mother abandoned her and her siblings when she was only 8. When Jewel invited her mother back into her life after becoming famous, this evil woman stole her life's earnings > $ 100 million.

[@timtruett5184]

In her memoir, Jewel describes how her mother stole from her.

[@markopolo3445]

💖Jewel 💖