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“I long ago learned that you can't expect people to interpret the songs in the way they had meant for you, as the writer.”

Quote by PJ Harvey

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PJ Harvey is a British musician known for her unique musical style and powerful emotional expression. Born on October 9, 1969, she has been active in the music industry since the early 1990s. Her music blends elements of rock, folk, and experimental music, earning her acclaim worldwide. more

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“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.”

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“I think that's always very valuable: to keep the mind open to receiving all sorts of information, which can then be used in my work, but also just as a human being.”

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“If zero percent of the elites support something, very low chance it's going to pass, if 100% support something, very high chance it's going to pass. Same thing for organized interest groups. But for the average voter, it's a flat line. Which says it doesn't matter whether zero percent of the public believes something or 100% of the average voters believe something - it doesn't affect the probability that that thing will be enacted.”

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“Everything from a lifetime's worth of collecting things. You know as we go through life, and something stays and ends up on your shelf and lives there until you die? Just those little things.”

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“I've been so used to being supported by musicians, and I don't class myself as a particularly adept musician on instruments. I think I'm a songwriter.”

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“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.”

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“I feel like it's very important that I'm doing what I'm doing, and I want to keep honoring that and try and do it as honestly as I can.”

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