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P J Harvey Quotes

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply Picture Quote #1

I think that’s always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being Picture Quote #1

There’s also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I’m doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well Picture Quote #1

I work on words quite separately to music. They’re both ongoing, and I don’t ever feel like I’m working in a cycle in that respect, because it’s every day anyway, no matter what I’m doing. Then I get to a point when I’ve collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not Picture Quote #1

I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it’s very physical Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always felt that I’m affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don’t. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I’m concerned with Picture Quote #1

I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I’ve been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way Picture Quote #1

People like Howlin’ Wolf, bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, john Lee Hooker, nina Simone, captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. and there’s a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up Picture Quote #1

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I’m always painting and drawing as well, and it’s an ongoing creative assignment Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and. I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work Picture Quote #1

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age Picture Quote #1

There’s so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they’re sung Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises Picture Quote #1

My mother and father are very involved with music. It’s completely part of their soul Picture Quote #1

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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music (P J Harvey Quotes) I’ve always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply (P J Harvey Quotes) I think that’s always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being. (P J Harvey Quotes) There’s also a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I’m doing, that requires quite a lot of study and quite a lot of hard work as well. (P J Harvey Quotes) I work on words quite separately to music. They’re both ongoing, and I don’t ever feel like I’m working in a cycle in that respect, because it’s every day anyway, no matter what I’m doing. Then I get to a point when I’ve collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not. (P J Harvey Quotes) I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it’s very physical. (P J Harvey Quotes) I’ve always felt that I’m affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other. (P J Harvey Quotes) 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. (P J Harvey Quotes) I’m not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don’t. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the things I’m concerned with. (P J Harvey Quotes) I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I’ve been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way. (P J Harvey Quotes) People like Howlin’ Wolf, bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, john Lee Hooker, nina Simone, captain Beefheart - all of these artists were what I grew up listening to every day of my life. and there’s a very healthy music scene in the west country of England, where I grew up (P J Harvey Quotes) I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I’m always painting and drawing as well, and it’s an ongoing creative assignment (P J Harvey Quotes) 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 (P J Harvey Quotes) I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and. I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work (P J Harvey Quotes) I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age (P J Harvey Quotes) There’s so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they’re sung (P J Harvey Quotes) There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises (P J Harvey Quotes) My mother and father are very involved with music. It’s completely part of their soul (P J Harvey Quotes)