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PJ Harvey Biography

Polly Jean Harvey, MBE (born 9 October 1969) known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.

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I was working with D'Mile - he's amazing! And I don't know, it was like that guitar riff was so crazy to me, and so I think I was frustrated about something that happened earlier and I feel like I'm just a good guy, I don't cut people off, I don't really call people out when they do stuff that they should be called out on, and I'm just always the one being the bigger person. So, that day "Gangster" just came out. That's just how I feel in that day to day life.

Amazing, Crazy, Cut, Cutting, Day, Thinking

I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.

Decide, Give, Giving, Ifs, Person, Persons

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

Firmly, Good, Soul, Tortured Souls, Write, Writing

When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track.

Demo, Song, Songs, Track, Write, Writing

I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

Attention, Interviews, Pay, Too Much, Way

I find it hard myself to feel justified to sing in a very politically direct way about war or social conditions because I feel so ignorant of a lot of it.

Direct, Hard, Ignorant, Justified, War, Way

I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. Long story short I think, yeah.

Artist, Kinda, Story, Thinking, Writing

I would never feel confident enough to express my views and opinions as the right ones because I just don't think that's possible. There are so many sides to everything that nobody is right or wrong.

Everything, Express, Ones, Sides, Thinking, Views

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. . .

Dress, Like, Playing, Playing Dress Up, Rap, Writing

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 music in it, which is why I tend to have popular melodies over harder beats.

Disney, Music, Soundtracks, Used, Watch, Watches

People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

People, Musician, Want, Build, Musicians

I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.

Song, Player, Guitar, Make, Grab

It [ "Not For Long"] was the biggest song that I've had, and I actually heard it on the radio multiple times.

Heard, Long, Radio, Song, Times

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

Difficult, Interviews, Loathe, Music, People

I never feel that I have to adopt a character. It's more the way I choose to present the music and that's always based on what is right for the song.

Song, Character, Way, Present, Right

There's 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.

Discipline, Get Better, Hard Work, Requires, Study, Work

You shouldn't separate the piece from the way it's intended. I always feel like words shouldn't be unraveled from the music. They're all linked so much together.

Piece, Pieces, Separate, Together, Way, Words

I think you have to be very careful getting the balance right if you're going to talk about grand themes like war, death and nationhood. You need to use the right language or don't do it at all.

Balance, Think, Thinking, Use, War

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

Artist, College, Like, Nashville, Songwriter

I've always been very interested in the visual aspect of what I do.

Aspect, Interested, Visual, Visuals

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