Ana Da Silva(The Raincoats): "What about female musicians from recent years? "PJ Harvey. She recently got a Mercury Prize, and it was good to see her being recognized."
Ros Murray(Electrelane): "PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
I never used to listen to PJ Harvey at all, until Mia convinced me to listen to 'White Chalk', and I absolutely loved it, although I still can't quite get to grips with her earlier stuff. I think this is because when I was a teenager there were so many really terrible bands that cited her as an influence, and I never got beyond that. Even now, if someone's press release mentions PJ Harvey you know it's going to be bad (I think the same thing can be said about Kate Bush, who I love). 'Let England Shake', like 'White Chalk', has become one of my favourite records, I love all the men singing the chorus on 'The Words that Maketh Murder', I really love the brass on the whole thing, and the way the instruments sound like vintage antiques. I was initially a bit worried about the idea of a record that was simply about war in general, but I think lyrically it's been done in a really intelligent way."
Emma Gaze(Electrelane): "8. p.j harvey(lists in her 10 other bands she enjoys listening to list)
Mia Clark(Electrelane): "3. PJ Harvey— White Chalk(lists in the top 10 current albums she enjoys list)
Siouxsie Sioux: "Where's the spontaneity, the attitude, the adventure, the imagination? People still ask me, 'What do you think about Kylie and Madonna?' For fuck's sake, don't ask me about these fucking frauds. Why don't you ask me about Peaches or P.J. Harvey, Diamanda Galas? Send Robbie Williams to Butlins - now!"
Matt Cameron(Soundgarden, Pearl Jam): "Are there any groups or solo artists that you'd really like to work with?" "All my perennial favs like Neko Case, PJ Harvey, Thelonius Monk (oops!), Glenn Branca, Young Gods, Jeff Buckley (RIP)."
Sharin Foo(The Raveonettes): "Did it embarrass you when Blender had you on the list of the hottest women in rock?" "SF: It’s a surreal concept. I was looking at the fellow hottest girls in rock trying to see if I was in good company or bad company. Everyone from PJ Harvey to Christina Aguilera."
Carla Azar(Autolux): "Were you influenced by any musicians while creating the album?" "Well, I think indirectly in a way, but also you know during the making of the record…you know actually, I just remembered this and I didn’t think of it until just now, but we’re friends with PJ Harvey, Polly is a really good friend of ours, a close friend, and she actually suggested at one point that we record the record ourselves. We had met with her for dinner, and we’re having dinner and talking about the dilemma of trying to find somebody to record our record, and she was asking us what kind of record we wanted to make. And we launched into all these ideas and everything, and she said “You guys need to produce and you need to make your own record. You know exactly what you want.” So, you know, we were around her, and I truly was around her a lot, I actually did some recordings with her, and she influenced me quite a bit just in the sense of being around that great of a singer and watching her work. So, I could say there was some influence there, and any other influence was probably based on listening to records and wanting our record to sound like records we loved the sound of."
Noddy Holder(Slade): "No, I really like this. It's the sort of thing Leonard Cohen used to do. I like PJ Harvey too. It will be good to see the video"(an excerpt from his review for the ""Henry Lee" single, from "Select")
Patterson Hood(Drive-By Truckers): "As for newer music, I’m loving Kurt Vile’s new album, The Low Anthem (Smart Flesh) and PJ Harvey’s “Let England Shake” album."
Patterson Hood(Drive-By Truckers): "But yeah, there’s a ton of great stuff floatin’ around. I’ve been listening to the new P.J. Harvey record, the one she did with John."
Dot Allison(One Dove): "I really liked White Chalk. I was really inspired by PJ Harvey and Nick Cave. What they say between the words is very interesting."
Dot Allison(One Dove): "What were the inspirations before 'We Are Science'?" "Joy Division, Neitzche - Performance soundtrack, The Wicker Man Soundtrack, Adult - Erstaz stuff generally. I liked that label. Moroder, Wire - Chairs Missing, Dexcia, Le Car, The Scream, Spiritualized, PJ Harvey too for her sonic demeanour and attitude."
Dot Allison(One Dove): "PJ Harvey I’d like to work with."
Perfume Genius: "PJ Harvey-I Think I’m A Mother, just because she’s really menacing and what she sings is kind of sweet but she sounds like a monster, like she’s from hell while she’s just saying i love you, and you feel like it's the exact opposite. It sounds like she's saying I love you but there's a dark under current . I like that kind of contrast. It kind of trick's people into listening to something heavy by making it sound pretty."
Paul Livingstone(Trash Can Sinatras): "PJ Harvey. She s fuckin amazing -(Paul breaks into a PJ Harvey song)"
John Douglas(Trash Can Sinatras): "Aye (PJ's) last album was brilliant."
Linda Perry(written a handfull of ''hits'' for the likes of pink, aguilera etc.): "“To Bring You My Love” — PJ Harvey, “It’s PJ Harvey, what else needs to be said?”- (has TBYML as one of the songs on her spotify playlist, her ''band'' also covered DBTW)
Linda Perry(4 Non Blondes): "Down By The Water -PJ Harvey" (on perry's gym compilation)
Linda Perry(4 Non Blondes): "Like, there are no angry chicks left! I need a woman to get aggressive! I need a woman to pick up a guitar and fucking scream and rock out! PJ Harvey's still fucking rock..there aren't many though!"
Steve McDonald(Redd Kross): "PJ Harvey's Rid Of Me is a sonically stunning record, though it's just so dark"(Redd Kross also cover Oh My Lover)
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