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PJ Harvey quotes: I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.

I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.

PJ Harvey quotes: But huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn't find much humor there.

But huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn't find much humor there.

PJ Harvey quotes: Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture.

Yeah, I mean I am somebody that makes an effort to go and see a lot of exhibitions, painting, drawing, sculpture.

PJ Harvey quotes: I see men come and go, but there'll be one who'll collect my soul.

I see men come and go, but there'll be one who'll collect my soul.

PJ Harvey quotes: Love for money is my sin, any man calls, I'll let him in.

Love for money is my sin, any man calls, I'll let him in.

PJ Harvey quotes: Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.

Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.

PJ Harvey quotes: Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.

Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time.

PJ Harvey quotes: I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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'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.

PJ Harvey quotes: I'm always trying to swim to new ground.

I'm always trying to swim to new ground.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: My town was even smaller. Only six hundred people. We didn't have a grocery store.

My town was even smaller. Only six hundred people. We didn't have a grocery store.

PJ Harvey quotes: I do take enormous interest in what's going on. I try to see whatever I can, whenever I can.

I do take enormous interest in what's going on. I try to see whatever I can, whenever I can.

PJ Harvey quotes: To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: The devil wanders into my soul.

The devil wanders into my soul.

PJ Harvey quotes: Fly with me, touch the face of the true God. And then cry with joy at the depth of my love.

Fly with me, touch the face of the true God. And then cry with joy at the depth of my love.

PJ Harvey quotes: First off, I think nudity is taken differently in America, though they did make a fuss in England, too.

First off, I think nudity is taken differently in America, though they did make a fuss in England, too.

PJ Harvey quotes: People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

PJ Harvey quotes: Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!

Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!

PJ Harvey quotes: I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.

PJ Harvey quotes: Before I record for real, I know pretty much exactly how I want them to feel.

Before I record for real, I know pretty much exactly how I want them to feel.

PJ Harvey quotes: Shame is the shadow of love.

Shame is the shadow of love.

PJ Harvey quotes: I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician.

I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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 a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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 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.

PJ Harvey quotes: I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.

PJ Harvey quotes: I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.

What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.

PJ Harvey quotes: We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes.

We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes.

PJ Harvey quotes: In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life.

In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life.

PJ Harvey quotes: You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

PJ Harvey quotes: I make tiny wooden people with bits of hair. Puppets and things like that.

I make tiny wooden people with bits of hair. Puppets and things like that.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: I am someone that follows the news and reads newspapers yet what do you believe and what don't you.

I am someone that follows the news and reads newspapers yet what do you believe and what don't you.

PJ Harvey quotes: When I was young, I had idols that I thought were wonderful. I wanted to be just like them.

When I was young, I had idols that I thought were wonderful. I wanted to be just like them.

PJ Harvey quotes: When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: 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.

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.

PJ Harvey quotes: Well, I'm quite a self-deprecating person.

Well, I'm quite a self-deprecating person.

PJ Harvey quotes: I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

I think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.

PJ Harvey quotes: I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

PJ Harvey quotes: It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.

It's so interesting to me how songs take on a shape and body of their own and grow.

PJ Harvey quotes: I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.