I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become … - PJ Harvey

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The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive.

PJ Harvey

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

Become, Poetry, Short Story, Song, Stories

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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.

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At this point in my life, I'm probably not gonna be able to stop writing because it's gonna help me be able to do what I need to do.

Able, Gonna, Needs, Point, Writing

[I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.

Artist, Gonna, Trying, Writing

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

Any of these contemporary war situations, whether civilian or soldier on either side - that's what I was interested in. The people who are being affected. Not so much the political speak at the top of the food chain, but the people who are affected by it on the ground.

Affected, Contemporary, People, Political, Speak, War

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If you only knew what God had to take me through to get me to the place where he could use me to be a blessing to other people, I doubt whether you would be willing to pay the price.

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I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.

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