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I find it hard myself to feel justified to sing in a very politically direct way about war or social conditions because I feel so ignorant of a lot of it.

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Corscombe
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Polly Jean Harvey
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