I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews. PJ Harvey More Quotes by PJ Harvey More Quotes From PJ Harvey You go back and look at some of the ancient writings that exist throughout the world about wars and it's the same; the human beings' articulation of events is the same. That really fascinated me. PJ Harvey eventswritingwar I feel like "Not For Long" was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to... PJ Harvey twolongpeople 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. PJ Harvey pjsrapperwriting I've always been very interested in the visual aspect of what I do. PJ Harvey visualsaspect At this point in my life, I'm probably not gonna be able to stop writing because it's gonna help me be able to do what I need to do. PJ Harvey ablewritingneeds Never settle for anything less than you want. PJ Harvey never-settlesettlingwant [I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills. PJ Harvey artistwritingtrying 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 artistwaitingthinking Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard work, bringing in crops. But it was to strengthen each other and that's still what music is about today. PJ Harvey uprisinghard-workpeople Any of these contemporary war situations, whether civilian or soldier on either side - that's what I was interested in. The people who are being affected. Not so much the political speak at the top of the food chain, but the people who are affected by it on the ground. PJ Harvey politicalwarpeople I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song. PJ Harvey songcharacterway [Writing] has helped me meet people. PJ Harvey writingpeople What Rare [albom] allows me to do is gonna show people other things that I'm capable of 'cause they really haven't heard a lot of things outside of the rap stuff that I do. PJ Harvey rapstuffpeople I was working with D'Mile - he's amazing! And I don't know, it was like that guitar riff was so crazy to me, and so I think I was frustrated about something that happened earlier and I feel like I'm just a good guy, I don't cut people off, I don't really call people out when they do stuff that they should be called out on, and I'm just always the one being the bigger person. So, that day "Gangster" just came out. That's just how I feel in that day to day life. PJ Harvey cuttingcrazythinking I've always been very politically interested from a very young age and I hadn't felt that was something I could begin to bring into my songwriting because I hadn't felt I'd reached the stage, that I had the skill with language enough, yet, to do that. PJ Harvey skillsenoughage It [ "Not For Long"] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times. PJ Harvey radiosonglong 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. PJ Harvey balancewarthinking In the past members of my family on both my mother's and father's side have fought in the war, in the first and second World Wars. Unfortunately, they're dead and I wasn't able to speak to them, but that was in our family history too. PJ Harvey motherwarfather I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked. PJ Harvey chipsshoulderscauses I was really influenced by a lot of Disney soundtracks, because that's what I used to watch all the time, and they always put music in it, which is why I tend to have popular melodies over harder beats. PJ Harvey soundtracksusedwatches
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