"And all of these writers offer me a……" — PJ Harvey
"And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people. It made me want to try and get close to this strange, mysterious thing that people can do with words."
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37 Quotes by PJ Harvey
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If you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard at it. It doesn't just fall from…
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Obviously, the emotions I want to convey through music are streamed through the way I interpret life.
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What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you…
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I make tiny wooden people with bits of hair. Puppets and things like that.
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I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.
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Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.
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To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just…
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets,
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With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it.…
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I don't think that much anymore in terms of 'write a record, record a record, tour a record,' because in…
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in…
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
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