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I always wanted to be an artist. I think I was just waiting on somebody to approve me and be like, Oh, okay, you should be an artist, you know 'cause it wasn't until I stopped looking for approval that I could actually do it.

PJ Harvey

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
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I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.
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But even when I do give interviews, I always come across as such a completely different person. It seems like there's no controlling it anyway.
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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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I feel like Not For Long was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to...
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I feel like it's very important that I'm doing what I'm doing, and I want to keep honoring that and try and do it as honestly as I can.
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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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As far as in my adult life, it kinda started (with) writing first 'cause I went to school in Nashville. I mean, not Nashville but close to Nashville, and I met my managers in L.A. at a convention randomly. And then, it kinda just started from there. And then, I got my publishing deal.
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In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life.
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I think that most art is asking a question or is looking for something, looking for answers and that is what life seems to be about for most people.
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I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never feel very responsive to plastic machinery.
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