Jewel shuts down questions about Kevin Costner romance: 'I'm so happy, irrelevant of a man'

Jewel is doubling down on not needing a man to define her.

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, 49, opened up about her romantic life and her experiences with "men in positions of power" over the decades as a musician in an interview with People magazine ahead of the opening of her immersive art exhibit, "The Portal: An Art Experience by Jewel," in Arkansas.

Reflecting on her relationship with Sean Penn in the mid-'90s, the songstress revealed that she'd refrained at the time...