Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it. PJ Harvey More Quotes by PJ Harvey More Quotes From PJ Harvey In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville. PJ Harvey nashville artist college I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical. PJ Harvey sculpture drawing photography 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 artist song people I didn't know folk music growing up, no. It's something I've come to study, really, because I think there's so much to learn from traditional music in the sense of the way music began as a way of communication, the traveling storyteller, the bard, the minstrels. PJ Harvey growing-up communication thinking I didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that they wrote. So after I found out about songwriting in college, I was like, "Okay, I want to do that." PJ Harvey singing college song I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. Long story short I think, yeah. PJ Harvey artist writing thinking The first song I heard from me was Meek Mill ["I Don't Know"], it was his first single before he went (to jail). I remember the first time I heard it was like eleven thirty at night, and I was like, "Yo, this is crazy!" And, I was smiling from ear to ear. PJ Harvey crazy song night 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 interviews different giving 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. PJ Harvey writing mean school My town was even smaller. Only six hundred people. We didn't have a grocery store. PJ Harvey six towns people I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes. PJ Harvey findings mistake way My mom is a sculptress. PJ Harvey my-mom mom The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it. PJ Harvey painter artist I feel that my dreamscapes are part of my everyday life, and sometimes I can't tell the difference. PJ Harvey everyday-life everyday sometimes I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen. PJ Harvey conflict different mean I knew what I didn't want to do- that's always my starting point. The starting point is always that I don't want to repeat myself. Or I try my best not to, with varying degrees of success. PJ Harvey trying If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting. PJ Harvey painter presenting I like to be around things that I find inspiring. PJ Harvey I also like a lot of silence, and when you're touring, it's constantly noise, all the time, you're surrounded with 15 or 20 people the entire time. I find that tough. PJ Harvey tough silence people 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. PJ Harvey real
