There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.
PJ HarveyI don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen.
PJ HarveyI feel like "Not For Long" was one for me just because I got to work with two people that I looked up to...
PJ HarveyI've always felt that I'm affected by the world, by the way we treat each other, by the way different countries treat each other. I've always been very affected by politics, society, but I never got to a place as a writer where I felt like I could begin to deal with such things and do it well.
PJ Harvey