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You know if I see a work that really I am very affected by and inspired by then it makes me want to try things with my work that maybe I hadn't considered trying before and I think that is the biggest complement that you can pay somebody.

PJ Harvey

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
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It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know.
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I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.
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I'm a visual artist myself and always have been so it's very natural for me to be very concerned with presentation, whether it's artwork or onstage.
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You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.
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I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the way that they need it in their lives.
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Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child, or grandmother to granddaughter... It just goes on and on. Or whether it's the love of one's country.
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Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do I want to say. And then, when writing Rare I could just be PJ.
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I also like a lot of silence, and when you're touring, it's constantly noise, all the time, you're surrounded with 15 or 20 people the entire time. I find that tough.
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I think it does surprise me a bit when people have a very fixed idea of what I'm like, based upon the work that I do, which is something that is very separate.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it's about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that's frightening because I haven't been there before.
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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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I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.
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People want to build musicians into mythical beings.
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We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes.
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