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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Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with.
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The thing that's wonderful about social media is that we are able to give a voice to the voiceless and to help educate each other. I benefit from it as much as I provide those lessons.
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They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.
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I very rarely get nervous as an actor. Very rarely.
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I think that I would really like at first for the art to speak for itself. I don't see the need for a lot of personal information about my past or who I am. I would rather the personal side of it just be in the concepts and the genuine feelings that I filter through my work. I know that it's inevitable that people can find whatever they want about me. Once I've had a chance to create a language and a world with my art, then I'm more comfortable sharing that information.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
