PJ Harvey Quotes
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PJ Harvey Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.
Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture.
Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.
Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.
I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.
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.
To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.
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.
First off, I think nudity is taken differently in America, though they did make a fuss in England, too.
Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!
The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.
I think a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you.
I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.
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.
What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.
We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes.
You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.
I try to see as much dance, theatre and films as I can because all of it feeds me in a way that I need feeding for what I do.
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.
I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.