Krist Novoselic: "There are good groups. If you love music and want to find out what's new, you can not go to any record shop and pick up what is the most popular. You have to dig around for PJ Harvey, Mudhoney, Sonic Youth."

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I don't know if this was mentioned (related to Bjork's quotes)
Björk (http://www.spinner.com, August 30th 2007) : In 1994, you were on the cover of Q magazine alongside PJ Harvey and Tori Amos in an article titled, "Hips. Tits. Lips. Power." You're all releasing albums this year. If you were to gather again thirteen years on, what would the dynamic be like between the three of you?

Not that different. Probably very similar, actually. We've never been very good friends -- obviously it was set up by the magazine -- but it doesn't surprise me that thirteen years later, we're still up to it [laughs].

I also remember reading an interview of Massive Attack stating that they would like to collaborate with PJ (like she was the one that always eludes from their preference to-do list)

This is probably a very old statement, isn't it?

Apologies if this has been posted before. I have a feeling it has...

Rachel Davies of Ebsen and the Witch:

Excluding Esben & The Witch, which other nominee would you like to see winning the Venus Prize?

I think ‘Let England Shake’ is nearing perfect. I’ve always been a long-standing admirer of PJ Harvey’s work and feel this album is incredibly poignant and wonderfully put together. It’s a great example of how I believe an album should be. A strong coherent body of work that shares themes, undercurrents and concepts rather than just a selection of good songs. She’s created a piece of art.

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What’s your favourite ever album by a British female artist?

At the risk of sounding predictable, I’m going to say White Chalk by PJ Harvey. My favourite PJ Harvey record seems to change regularly but I always seem to go back to this one. Her voice is so beautifully fragile yet forthright throughout. The whole record is tinged with a delicate melancholy that I find totally captivating and consuming. It manages to capture a nostalgia, a sad ghostly presence that still manages to give me shivers. ‘Silence’ I particularly find an emotional listen. In the most exquisite of ways.

http://wearsthetrousers.com/2011/09/ven ... the-witch/

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Wiggins is so superbly unassuming, he looks like he's about to say 'Pop the gold medal in the post, I'm nipping out for some biscuits'

Mark Steel

Katie White(The Ting Tings): ""Rid of Me": PJ Harvey-So, so raw. We got obsessed with watching her perform this song live on YouTube [videos]. Just her and her guitar. Oh, and an amp.

Liz Fraser(Cocteau Twins): "Who are some of Liz's favorite singers? British music tabloid Melody Maker asked that very question of her in November 1993, and here's what she had to say: -"Polly Harvey? She scares me. She goes on about sex a lot, which is another subject I don't particulary want to tackle. It's great that she's allowed to do it, though. That she's allowed to express herself. Harriet Wheeler's excellent, too."

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Gary Stondage(Big Audio Dynamite): "At the after party for Big Audio Dynamite at the nearby Hudson Hotel.
On the way, Gary told us, Mick Jones & Don Letts had presented Polly Harvey with the NME Outstanding Contribution To Music award in the UK recently and had obviously appeared to be a big fan."

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Marina Diamandis ( marina and the diamonds) names Pj as ultimate icon
http://www.nme.com/nme-video/who-is-nme ... 3792389001

Moby: "I'd be curious to hear PJ Harvey's new album. Some of the stuff she's done has been sublime, some has been mediocre. I thought that her record ''To Bring You My Love'' was phenomenal. It was dark and emotional, the production was really interesting, and the songs on the one hand were very foreboding, on the other very intimate. The album after that left me kind of cold. But as an artist I'd be really curious to hear what she's doing. She's one of the people that makes the world of pop music an interesting place to be.(Ok, this is what he thinks of "ITD?", yet in the same article praises that god-awful song of madonna's "Music" ergghh!...circa 2000)

Kim Gordon: "The perfect rock chick is a contradiction in terms because part of the appeal of being cool is that you make it look easy. The perfect rock chick doesn't appear to work too hard at it; her clothes look like she's worn them every day on tour for a month.
She also has a certain vulnerability, and people can relate to her flaws. Rather than playing up to some manufactured idea of what she's supposed to be, she takes her imperfections and who she is as a person and turns herself into a superperson. People like PJ Harvey and Patti Smith have done it, but as with all true rock chicks, they are more than an image of the sum of their parts."

Soulwax: "Soulwax - brought the cut and paste aesthetic to the masses with their brilliant compilation As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2. Their set tonight is similarly varied: they throw in Blur's Song 2, which induces a major bout of pogoing, before ending with PJ Harvey's brooding Down by the Water. It's a controversial choice but a brilliant song, and they exit on a high"

Mel C(Spice Girls): ""It just sucked me in, really - she plays piano, she's got a very deep voice, and it's quite tortured and great for when you're feeling a bit down. The same as PJ Harvey, who I love for sounding so tough and so vulnerable at the same time. After a quick blast of PJ Harvey's Kamikaze on the stereo, Chisholm moves on to some of the nu metal she listens to at the gym, including System of a Down and Linkin Park. "

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Came across this, hasn't been posted has it?

Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian):

How do you feel about PJ Harvey winning this year’s Mercury prize?
Serg: “I think it’s fantastic. She’s one of those artists I’d love to work with one day. I’m very happy she won, she is really beautiful and talented.”

I couldn’t agree more about Harvey’s artistry, but do you believe that album in particular deserved it?
“Absolutely.”

What about Adele?
“Adele does not need another award, she’s had enough. PJ Harvey deserved it. I guess it depends on what sort of music you’re into.”

Kate Nash: "I don’t know who is playing but I’d really like to see The Strokes and The Cribs (Kate is dating Ryan Jarman of The Cribs) . I guess PJ Harvey will be playing as her new record has just come out, I’ve never seen her so that would be nice."

Johnny Marr: "As for modern rock, the only performer Marr singles out as a particular favorite is P.J. Harvey."

Mick Turner(Dirty Three): "What makes you want to take it off and get it on? - T Rex / Polly HARVEY records."

Nelly Furtado: "The last time I interviewed Furtado, shortly before that album’s release, she had just been to see PJ Harvey. "I’d love to be able to sing like that," she enthused. "The emotion was so raw. But I’m not ready to expose myself in that way. I’m still keeping a lot in reserve."

Marianne Faithfull: "‘I have a real loathing of self-centred music," declares Marianne Faithfull. "I mean, who cares? Especially girl self-centred music." Is she going to name names? "No, of course not. But what in Polly Harvey’s hands turns into a masterpiece, in someone else’s hands just turns into self-pitying shite."

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Silversun Pickups on twitter: "New PJ Harvey record... RT @joeykehoe: @SSPU what's your favorite album start to finish while inebriated!! Lol. I know swoon is mine!

Natacha Atlas(worldbeat singer): "She's also been grooving to recent albums by Radiohead, PJ Harvey, the Lebanese composer Zad Moultaka, and a few dance tracks."

Imelda May(Irish singer): "If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill."

Josh Homme: "Even PJ Harvey stopped by for the last session. And the “P” and the “J” in her name stand for “fucking hip.”

Rachel Yamagata: "How do you feel about the ubiquitous comparisons to PJ Harvey and Fiona Apple?" "I'm always flattered. In my dreams, I can't ever play as well as PJ Harvey."

Joseph Mount(Metronomy): "PJ Harvey - Down By The Water: "I suppose this was the point at which PJ Harvey was at her most commercial, which if you watch the video makes sense and doesn't make sense at the same time. On the one hand you have Polly wearing a beautiful red dress and looking quite glamourous, whilst on the other you have Polly writhing around underwater and singing about a girl loosing her innocence and becoming a "blue-eyed whore". I first saw the video on TOTP2; I used to bear Steve Wrights incessant wittering because they would always show a new video at the end of each programme. Steve introduced me to Green Day and Weezer in the same way.

When I first saw this I was really taken aback, she was (and still is) a pretty exciting proposition to any young man. I went out and bought her 4 track demos album straight away (because it was only one i could afford, not because I was cool).

An arresting video from a very arresting artist."

Alice Gold: "18. John Parish And PJ Harvey - Is That All There Is?(part of her guest edit playlist on "i like music")

Carrie Brownstein: ""This is our first proper time in the UK and I'm having a very English experience at the moment," announced Brownstein, "I've been listening to PJ Harvey and reading Stephen Fry".

Jeff Ament(Pearl Jam): "I can tell him I want something to sound like the O'Jays or Led Zeppelin or PJ Harvey and he gets it."

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Scott Paterson(Sons & Daughters): "I’m a bit disappointed that our set clashes with P J Harvey as I’d love to see her, but maybe I’ll catch a bit at the end."

Mel B(Spice Girls): "The prize was awarded by the former Spice Girl, Mel B, who described Polly Harvey as a musician of integrity and passion, who was an inspiration to young women in the music business."

Guy Garvey: "I'd really love to do something with Bjork and Polly Harvey. And I duet with Richard Hawley on the next Elbow album."

Liz Frazer: ""They have done," she assures me. "I was very worried about being unattractive because I think I look quite masculine. Sometimes I feel more masculine than feminine and I don't like it. I mean, you've got a person who is in recovery from incest surrounded by men. I've never had a highly developed sense of being female. The sexuality has either been stopped, or else it's been an exaggerated P J Harvey kind of sexuality."

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Marilyn Manson: I think actually the state of music that we're in now, which I'm sure that most people would agree is, is the most miserable of our generation, is going to devour itself. So if anything, The more garbage I see, the happier it makes me because I know that it will force people to raise their standards. [...]
So I hope, you know, I hope the new nine inch nails album makes a difference to people, I hope our record makes a difference to people, I hope um, you know, to see stuff from all the really great artists, There's a lot of underground people that, uh, like James Hall or PJ Harvey or, uh, a lot of people that I really have respect for that I'd love to see thrive in the next few years. (1999)

Graham Coxon: "Our first time at Glastonbury I remember watching P J Harvey and that was really great."

Alex James(Blur): "Blur's bassist makes his debut as a radio presenter, playing music by P.J. Harvey and Morrissey"

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Kat Bjelland(Babes In Toyland, Katastrophe Wife): ""I would never take credit for breaking PJ Harvey, because she's very talented in her own right and has nothing to do with me, I'm sure"

Iggy Pop: "Everyone from Iggy Pop to Steve Albini to the late Kurt Cobain thinks she's a genius."

John Hiatt: "He names young Turks like Jesus Lizard, Son Volt and P.J. Harvey as the people he'd most like to see record his songs."

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