P. J. Harvey Quotes
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
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The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
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I read whenever possible, and I buy books all the time, sometimes online, but mostly from bookshops. I love literature. If you want to understand art, it's important to understand what is also happening in literature, in music, in science, in architecture.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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I don't listen to my old music of Vanity's unless I have to hear it playing in a mall or something place like that.
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Kicks are my forte. I've got strong legs and high kicks. And I've got very good reach, obviously.
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I think music should be experienced by people all ages.
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Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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I feel disconnected, like I don't know where I am, if I'm on my phone too much. I'm also just the type to call. I'm not good on text.
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I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't.
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I'm really into fashion, but I don't really spend that much on clothes. I manage to find everything I want at a good price.
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Music is my biggest passion and Ive just been obsessed with it. Like, always.
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The first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name was Ginger, and I had a Brooklyn accent - a really bad one, if I remember correctly.
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I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.
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As long as our consciousness is materialistic, there is no room for joy. However on the spiritual platform three things automatically happen: eternity, knowledge and bliss.
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Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the police and the media. I am an observer of the human race.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
