95 Quotes by PJ Harvey

But huge photographs of dead bodies are slightly different. I couldn’t find much humor there.

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.

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the way that they need it in their lives.

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.

There is a thread connecting you no matter how far away you are from someone and you know I have two or three relationships in my life that are like that.

If you come at the record feeling really happy and optimistic, it can be incredibly beautiful and uplifting, and if you come at it in a bleak moment, it can feel like a very dark place to share. It’s all down to the listener.

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.

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

I’m always trying to swim to new ground.