--- title: "24 Way Quotes By PJ Harvey" description: "24 Way quotes by PJ Harvey. Plus more from PJ Harvey and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/pj-harvey-3601_failure_i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes-5_503151.jpg" --- > [I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/pj-harvey-3601_failure_i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes-5_503151.jpg) > [I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-think-blues-music-is-music-of-the-soul-of-course-there-are-other/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/pj-harvey-3601_blues-music_i-think-blues-music-is-music-of-the-soul_1801287.jpg) > [I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-long-ago-learned-that-you-can-t-expect-people-to-interpret-the/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/pj-harvey-3601_long_i-long-ago-learned-that-you-can-t-expect_1277391.jpg) > [In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/in-the-same-way-i-write-some-of-my-more-difficult-pieces-when-i-m-at/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/pj-harvey-3601_difficult_in-the-same-way-i-write-some-of-my-more_2738759.jpg) > [I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-think-of-myself-as-a-songwriter-a-weaver-of-story-and-imagination/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/823/pj-harvey-3601_book_i-think-of-myself-as-a-songwriter-a-weav_581300.jpg) > [We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/we-just-kind-of-lost-our-way-but-we-were-looking-to-be-free-one-day/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/294/pj-harvey-3601_floats_we-just-kind-of-lost-our-way-but-we-were_913548.jpg) > [I find it hard myself to feel justified to sing in a very politically direct way about war or social conditions because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-find-it-hard-myself-to-feel-justified-to-sing-in-a-very-politically/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/pj-harvey-3601_conditions_i-find-it-hard-myself-to-feel-justified_598913.jpg) > [The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/the-way-i-make-music-is-unique-to-myself-and-the-way-i-have-lived-my/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90e/pj-harvey-3601_life_the-way-i-make-music-is-unique-to-myself_199429.jpg) > [I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-never-feel-that-i-have-to-adopt-a-character-it-s-more-the-way-i/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/pj-harvey-3601_character_i-never-feel-that-i-have-to-adopt-a-char_438069.jpg) > [I think I just speak on what the regular people are going through outside of love 'cause, of course, there's always gonna…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-think-i-just-speak-on-what-the-regular-people-are-going-through/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e25/pj-harvey-3601_causes_i-think-i-just-speak-on-what-the-regular_1110018.jpg) > [I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-ve-always-felt-that-i-m-affected-by-the-world-by-the-way-we-treat/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/739/pj-harvey-3601_affected_i-ve-always-felt-that-i-m-affected-by-th_648682.jpg) > [I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-feel-like-the-actual-the-most-beautiful-thing-about-a-song-is-that/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea3/pj-harvey-3601_beautiful_i-feel-like-the-actual-the-most-beautifu_816575.jpg) > [You shouldn't separate the piece from the way it's intended. I always feel like words shouldn't be unraveled from the music. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/you-shouldn-t-separate-the-piece-from-the-way-it-s-intended-i-always/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/pj-harvey-3601_feels_you-shouldn-t-separate-the-piece-from-th_2294648.jpg) > [I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-don-t-hold-onto-anything-because-it-s-a-waste-of-energy-to-do-so/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/pj-harvey-3601_can-do_i-don-t-hold-onto-anything-because-it-s_1258406.jpg) > [When a poem might become a song, then certain parts are repeated and might become a refrain or a chorus, so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/when-a-poem-might-become-a-song-then-certain-parts-are-repeated-and/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/pj-harvey-3601_certain_when-a-poem-might-become-a-song-then-cer_1951719.jpg) > [I have learnt through doing interviews throughout my life that the way that somebody can write about something can change entirely how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-have-learnt-through-doing-interviews-throughout-my-life-that-the/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/pj-harvey-3601_happened_i-have-learnt-through-doing-interviews-t_1205905.jpg) > [Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/some-things-lend-themselves-well-to-songs-some-things-don-t-and-i-m/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/pj-harvey-3601_feels_some-things-lend-themselves-well-to-song_2529923.jpg) > [I feel like I'm being put inside a box, and I'm not necessarily getting a chance. Like I'm not getting the shot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-feel-like-i-m-being-put-inside-a-box-and-i-m-not-necessarily/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/pj-harvey-3601_artist_i-feel-like-i-m-being-put-inside-a-box-a_1379401.jpg) > [It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent. Therefore I keep reaching for instruments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/it-s-so-much-in-me-to-want-to-keep-experimenting-all-the-time-it-s-3/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/pj-harvey-3601_energy_it-s-so-much-in-me-to-want-to-keep-exper_2965640.jpg) > [You can sing a very aggressive word in such a way that it's very funny. You can change words, completely turn them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/you-can-sing-a-very-aggressive-word-in-such-a-way-that-it-s-very/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1e/pj-harvey-3601_aggressive_you-can-sing-a-very-aggressive-word-in-s_179274.jpg) > [I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-really-don-t-pay-too-much-attention-i-don-t-go-out-of-my-way-to/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/pj-harvey-3601_attention_i-really-don-t-pay-too-much-attention-i_1631992.jpg) > [It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/it-varies-i-don-t-think-there-is-any-one-set-way-of-writing-songs-or/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/pj-harvey-3601_ideas_it-varies-i-don-t-think-there-is-any-one_2471802.jpg) > [Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/obviously-the-emotions-i-want-to-convey-through-music-are-streamed/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/pj-harvey-3601_emotion_obviously-the-emotions-i-want-to-convey_1196037.jpg) > [I try to see as much dance, theatre and films as I can because all of it feeds me in a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-try-to-see-as-much-dance-theatre-and-films-as-i-can-because-all-of/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b8/pj-harvey-3601_dance_i-try-to-see-as-much-dance-theatre-and-f_747850.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by PJ Harvey > [I feel like I make a soundtrack for the come up, and I feel like there's so many people that's trying to figure out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-feel-like-i-make-a-soundtrack-for-the-come-up-and-i-feel-like-there/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/like-i-have-to-pretend-like-i-m-a-male-rapper-that-i-got-stacks-and/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-just-started-writing-and-writing-for-people-and-then-like-i-guess/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [You can sing a very aggressive word in such a way that it's very funny. You can change words, completely turn them around on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/you-can-sing-a-very-aggressive-word-in-such-a-way-that-it-s-very/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/the-first-song-i-heard-from-me-was-meek-mill-i-don-t-know-it-was-his/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/the-way-i-make-music-is-unique-to-myself-and-the-way-i-have-lived-my/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [People have this idea of me being some kind of monster, and that's the complete opposite of who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/people-have-this-idea-of-me-being-some-kind-of-monster-and-that-s-the/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-like-things-that-are-beaten-up-that-have-lived-a-little-i-like/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/if-you-want-to-be-good-at-anything-you-have-to-work-hard-at-it-it/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [I see men come and go, but there'll be one who'll collect my soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-see-men-come-and-go-but-there-ll-be-one-who-ll-collect-my-soul/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/at-this-point-in-my-life-i-m-probably-not-gonna-be-able-to-stop/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-was-really-influenced-by-a-lot-of-disney-soundtracks-because-that-s/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-do-write-a-lot-of-prose-it-s-not-disciplined-enough-yet-that-it-s/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-think-ive-got-a-pretty-good-sense-of-humor/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-never-feel-that-i-have-to-adopt-a-character-it-s-more-the-way-i/) [PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pj-harvey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/pj-harvey/#itemlist", "name": "24 Way Quotes By PJ Harvey", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "PJ Harvey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pj-harvey/i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/pj-harvey-3601_failure_i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes-5_503151.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/pj-harvey-3601_failure_i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes-5_503151.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/pj-harvey-3601_failure_i-m-finding-my-way-and-i-make-mistakes-5_503151.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes.” — PJ Harvey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think blues music is music of the soul. 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