P.J. Harvey:Overlapping Creativity

PJ Harvey

"I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age. I wrote a lot of stories and poetry and ... I had a desire to create always. And I always had a desire to show my work. I'd want to read the stories that I'd written, I'd want to show the drawings that I made. That was just purely natural. So I knew I wanted to go into the arts in some way and that I'd want to show that work in some way. That's all I knew. I didn't know what territory specifically it'd be in — whether I'd be writing or acting or singing or drawing. As I grew older, I actually was prepared to go into fine arts school and do a degree. That was what I was actually settled upon when I was offered a record deal."

NPR Music Fresh Air Interview

PJ Harvey: On War And The New 'England'

Artist's Website:

http://www.pjharvey.net/home.asp 

‘The world doesn’t need any more art that’s just alright’, says Polly Harvey. ‘It only needs mind-blowing, inspirational, life-changing stuff’