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To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
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If you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard at it. It doesn't just fall from the sky. I work every day at trying to improve my writing, and I really enjoy it. Nothing fascinates me more than putting words together, and seeing how a collection of words can produce quite a profound effect.
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I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other. I've always been very affected by politics, society, but I never got to a place as a writer where I felt like I could begin to deal with such things and do it well.
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Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!
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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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