I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Some people, like Leonard Cohen, write one album every 10 years, and labor over a song for five years at a time. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me... — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
When I'm writing for rappers it's kinda like switching, "Okay, you're not PJ. Now you have to act like a rapper." — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
If anything, I hope being an artist opens up more opportunities 'cause I feel there's a lot of things I could do,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
The craft, the writing of a song, is about creating a story, a life story, a world within three minutes, but that's… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
You go back and look at some of the ancient writings that exist throughout the world about wars and it's the same;… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I have learnt through doing interviews throughout my life that the way that somebody can write about something can change entirely how… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
Like I have to pretend like I'm a male rapper, that I got stacks and we're in the club, and what do… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I was like just writing and writing and then I kinda developed my sound. And then, my managers were like, "Okay, we're… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
If you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard at it. It doesn't just fall from the sky.… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I'm finding that writing poetry is strengthening my songwriting, because you're learning to make a piece of writing work on a page… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
At this point in my life, I'm probably not gonna be able to stop writing because it's gonna help me be able… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
As far as in my adult life, it kinda started (with) writing first 'cause I went to school in Nashville. I mean,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
People have this idea of me being some kind of monster, and that's the complete opposite of who I am. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
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… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
![“[Writing] has helped me meet people.” quote by PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08a/pj-harvey-3601_people_writing-has-helped-me-meet-people-265808_2658088.jpg)
![“[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.” quote by PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a6f/pj-harvey-3601_art_i-try-to-do-both-because-the-writing-for_3003860.jpg)
![“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.” quote by PJ Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46d/pj-harvey-3601_crazy_the-first-song-i-heard-from-me-was-meek_198080.jpg)
