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I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

PJ Harvey

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PJ Harvey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 9
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Recording Artist
Saxophonist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Corscombe
Dorset
Polly Jean Harvey
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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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As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.
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I think you have to be very careful getting the balance right if you're going to talk about grand themes like war, death and nationhood. You need to use the right language or don't do it at all.
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If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting.
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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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The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.
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I like to be around things that I find inspiring.
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It [ Not For Long] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times.
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I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I was at a point in my writing career where I could write about these things in songs and do it well.
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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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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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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 make tiny wooden people with bits of hair. Puppets and things like that.
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I think I've been interested in music since I was little.
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Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.
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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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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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[Writing] has helped me meet people.
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People want to build musicians into mythical beings.
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