Bjork: "This might sound really arrogant, I don’t know, but when it comes to people who make music, I’m not very interested in most cases. That doesn’t mean I think they’re bad, they just don’t do anything for me. But I could tell very quickly when I heard Polly’s album and Tori’s album that I’d like them. When I met Polly, it was really relaxed and I have to say that she was like I expected her to be."
Bjork: " I didn’t get that “mad bitch” impression from listening to Polly’s records. I thought she sounded like a caring person. I didn’t expect her to turn up with a chainsaw."
Bjork: "Björk memorably said that she reminded her of Clint Eastwood: "Everything is understated."
Bjork: "Polly is very much part of the scene"
Bjork: "I was asked to perform at the Brit awards and they asked me to
do a duet with Meatloaf. And I was like 'Yeah; thank you. But sometimes
you have two things you like, like chocolate and onions (* Hmmmm; which
is Meatloaf and which is Bjork
*), but maybe you shouldn't cook the
same dish out of it.' They said 'OK OK OK OK' and then they suggested
David Bowie, and I was again like 'I'm very honoured, he's a genius and
everything, but I'm not sure we have a lot to give to each other today.
Maybe it's not the right timing or something.' 'OK OK OK' And then I'm
like 'Can I make a suggestion?' 'Okay' 'Can I ask Polly?' 'Yeah, Yeah'
And I asked Polly and she said yes too, and I was so happy.'
Bjork: "PJ Harvey
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"I HAVE to be very boring and predictable and everybody's going to puke,
I mean, Polly's still my hero. I can't think of anyone, especially not a
girl, that's outdone her. I could talk about her for 9 hours. I think
the new album is brilliant. Polly's got very, very many sides to her.
She used to play a brass instrument in an orchestra. Everybody just
thinks she's the rock chick, but it's got absolutely nothing to do with
that. think she's going to stick in there for another 50 years, simply
doing new things. I don't really think I have a lot in common with her.
I don't know her very well, but we've met a few times. We send each
other presents. She sends me a little - no, it's a secret, it's too
personal. It's not really good to say that." (on her women of the year 96)
Bjork: "."Can you imagine? Me and Meat Loaf! Using my most natural right, I
refused. If I am to share the stage with someone, it should be someone
that I like and respect his/her music. The first person that popped up
in my mind was PJ Harvey. They had offered her to duet with Jamiroquai
at first"
Bjork: "Have you seen Polly Harvey and Tori Amos since your Q cover with them
in '94? (Alan Kerr, Bidford-on-Avon)" "I talk to Polly more, probably because she lives in England. We don't
see each other regularly, I wouldn't say we're friends exactly. But we
all definitely give each other mutual support. We have similar jobs.
Tori is magical, euphoric and it's enjoyable to be around her. Polly has
more of an earthy quality. She's so truthful and has so much integrity." (2000)
Bjork: "Björk would love to work with O'Connor and the equally off-kilter Polly
Harvey, but most of her collaborations so far have been with men. Women,
she says, rarely are willing to make the sacrifices needed to write the
perfect pop song, which is her aspiration."
Bjork: "Hi Björk: you've worked with Polly Jean Harvey in the past
(1994) Do you think you'llswork together again on some
project or something?" "i'm getting more and more introvert and closer in creating the
world i 've had in my head since i was a kid , the older i get .
to make what's outside me (my tunes that is) same as inside me .
but then again i'm spoiled rotten cause i've developed through
the years work relationships that are now as good ,communicative ,
deep and intimate as they can get . so i guess
the answer is both yes and no. we'll just have to see . we do stay in touch which is a great
support to me" (chat transcript 95)
Bjork: "Do you plan to do any more work with PJ Harvey?
We meet sometimes and giggle about how obvious it is that we
are gonna do this until we're 80. But I'm not sure if we'll
work together, we'll just have to see that. But what is more
important is that I think we can support each other. And
obviously we understand quite easily without any words each
other's jobs."
Bjork: "you are my favorite singer who is yours" "Elis Regina, Nusrat Alleh Fateh Khan, Chaka Khan, Chet Baker,
Milton Nascimento, Polly, and Martina (she sings with Tricky).
I'm probably forgetting someone."
Bjork: "I was approached by four
of the biggest selling artists in the world to sing with her at the
Brits but she desperately wanted to sing with Polly Harvey"
Bjork: "That is much likelier. She is the one artist I expect the most
from now. Her new album is gonna be unbelievable. She is using much more
instruments now" (on whether a duet is likely)
Bjork: "I also like a lot of music from
England, like Tricky and PJ Harvey. I listen to a lot of techno, but if
you went to a record store, it would be classified as "intellectual
techno."
Bjork: "The last time me and Polly Harvey met we were joking that we would be
fucking 80 years old and still trying to talk each other out of stage-
diving because our bones are getting too old for it!"
Bjork: "She's telling me about a concert she and Naomi
Campbell went to last week: Tricky opening for PJ Harvey. "Polly and
Tricky. And Ren and Stimpy. Those are my four favourites." then she
stops to think about how that quote will look in print. "That's very
'Björk,' huh?" She sighs and shrugs."
Bjork: ""I had people camping outside my house in London," she sighs. "I would
go away for month at a time, and I'd arrive from the airport, go to my
house, and half an hour later there'd be paparazzi following me around.
It's a very English thing, a little bit in France too, but not here. PJ
Harvey moved over here because of that. Same thing."
Bjork: "I Met her again during the recording of Vespertine in in New York and she recalled the photo shoot with PJ Harvey and Tori Amos." "When we meet that connection is still there; she says. We tell each other what we're going through and understand in the way that no one else can. We're in the same jobs, seeing through thee bullshit to how you can really feel - but we're also very different. Tori is magical and euphoric, while Polly has a more earthy quality"
Bjork: "They looked almost like kindred spirits with a sisterly bond between them. Afterwards they were spotted holding hands supportively at the same table all night long, because they were both nervous and uncomfortable at the increasing media exposure they were experiencing early in their careers."
Bjork: "One of the people she thanks in the post liner notes is PJ Harvey(Polly)"
Bjork: "Bjork was seen at her friend PJ Harvey's show last night(2001)"
Bjork: ""I was asked to perform at the Brits Awards in February 1994 and i insisted on doing a duet. They suggested Meat Loaf. So i said i don't want to do it ... there was so much politics involved. The only person i could imagine doing a duet with, 'cause it was an English thing, was Polly Harvey. She was so cool about it; there was so much bol1ocks around it, all the sorts of things you hate most in the world are present in that single event. She was in my team against the rest. It was really, really cool. We did one song, and she came and sat next to me through the whole thing and it was just a sort of support thing. With Polly, you just look at her and you know. She's really really cool. She reminds me a bit of Clint Eastwood; her spirit - everything's understated. She's the kind of person you don't have to talk a lot to. I like her."
-Bjork Gumundsdottir
Bjork: " So we just carried on a conversation as we got moved around in this sea of people. She talked about PJ Harvey a lot and how they were sending eachother gifts while on tour cuz they couldn't see eachother enough. "(Awww <3)
Justine Frischmann(Elastica): "Who are your heroes and heroines?" "Jack Sullivan, Bristol My mum. She's still supercool and very open-minded. I want to be like her when I grow up. Otherwise PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry and Marlene Dietrich."
Justine Frishchmann(Elastica): "I adore PJ Harvey, but I didn't like how she had become all americanized with "To Bring You My Love" I really miss her cute English accent on dry"
Justine Frischmann(Elastica): "Justine cites PJ Harvey's "Stories from The City, Stories from the sea as one of the best of the year" (And she thought TBYML was too commercial?!)
Justine Frischmann(Elastica): "However, one day while listening to P.J. Harvey and disigning a car park, Frischmann realized how much she missed music and, in 1992 in London, formed Elastica with Welch"
Kat Bjelland: "Kat considers the white stripes, pj harvey and sonic youth to be peers."
Carrie Brownstein(Sleater Kinney): "PJ Harvey is such a great guitarist, but she's such a great song writer so that I think overshadows her guitar playing"
Carrie Brownstein(Sleater Kinney): "Her lyrics are simple, but they're really good"
Carrie Brownstein(Sleater Kinney): "She has such a guttural voice"
Carrie Browstein(Sleater Kinney): "She's such a great lyricist, and her sound is so heavy and guttural. This is what it would sound like if you miked someone's insides ripped out. She reels you in with quiet and pretty and just spits you back out again"
Carrie Brownstein(Sleater Kinney): " List of favourite albums 99 - "PJ Harvey- Is This Desire?
-Magnetic Fields-I Don't Believe you
- Calexico-The Black Light"
Corin Tucker(Sleater Kinney): "List of favourite albums 99 - "PJ Harvey- Is This Desire"
-Solex-Solex Vs the Hitmeister
-Throwing Muses- In A Doghouse
Corin Tucker(Sleater Kinney): "PJ Harvey - Sheela-Na-Gig
I can imply myself really personally in my songs, but that is not necessarily autobiographical. You can write a fiction that talks about you. On our last disc, I slipped myself in the not skin poorly of personages to write. But which is written always speaks of the author. Already on her first disc, PJ Harvey mixed a lot of fiction and reality, until to completely disappear the lived party as on Is This Desire? This is more interesting, for all the histories are seen eyes of the same woman." (translated from french)