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 Read Quote
With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It’s almost like watching a scene from a film, and that’s what I go about trying to catch in a song. P. J. Harvey Read Quote
I come from an art-school background, and I still feel that in my music, it’s about exploration and challenging myself, about putting myself in a place that’s frightening because I haven’t been there before. P. J. Harvey Read Quote
Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress. P. J. Harvey Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t think that much anymore in terms of ‘write a record, record a record, tour a record,’ because in my own mind, things have changed, in that I’m just an ongoing artist. I’m not quite sure what the next project needs to be until it presents himself, and then I know. I just follow dutifully while I’m being led. P. J. Harvey Read Quote
In order to make my solo shows as interesting as possible, I moved songs onto very different instruments so that I was moving instruments quite a lot during the set. P. J. Harvey Read Quote