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.
PJ HarveyWhen I'm writing for rappers it's kinda like switching, "Okay, you're not PJ. Now you have to act like a rapper."
PJ HarveyI think I'm a maker of songs, and songs are like films or a picture: You put them over there, and they have nothing to do with you.
PJ HarveyIn 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.
PJ HarveyI'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters. But at the same time I care very much about my work and I would like people to know that it exists. So I appreciate that there's a meeting point, where I would like people to know about the work that I'm doing, and that requires me to talk about it.
PJ Harvey