P. J. Harvey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope.”

“My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all vinyl, of some of the best artists, in my eyes, that you can come across.”

“I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way.”

“I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.”

“I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.”

“I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.”

“I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.”

“There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.”

“Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.”

“As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal.”