P. J. Harvey Quotes

I don't feel the need to share the truth with people that I don't know.

If I like a person, I don't have any mask/filter. I will open up a lot. I had hurt myself in the past because a couple of persons took advantage of me. I realised that they are not genuine people. Since then, I take time to open myself up for new people.

I am not a rock star or a movie star; I'm a businessperson. I definitely know who my friends are. I'm much more open and trusting than, say, my daughter is.

I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.

I have to be a little bit guarded, because I can be very open and I like to include people, but then again I have to remind myself to be careful.

Knowing when someone's the real deal or not, but still with putting your guard up and self-protecting, you've got to stay open. It comes back to balance.

I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it's like you're opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don't know who's going to come in that door.

With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.

As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Look, some people talk about their personal lives a lot; I try not to, unless it's more of a generality.

There are people who have energy that say 'don't come near me, don't get too close.' There's people like Adrienne Shelley who have the energy of 'come over here and give me a hug and if you're around me you're going to be happy about it.'

I am not reclusive. I just have a private life.

I'd like people to get a sense of who I am, yet I want to keep my privacy, too.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.

I do not want to pour out my heart to the world. I am cautious of what I say and to whom.

If I've learnt one thing, it's that I need to surround myself with people who want to know the real Pete Wentz, not some myth they've concocted from a bunch of press clippings. I can open the door a centimetre wide, and some people think I'm showing them the whole room. But all they're getting is a glimpse. That's all I want to show most people.

Of course, there are some things you keep personal and private because you're a human being. But on the other side of it, I ain't got time to be hiding nothing and all that. It is what it is.

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

You don't want everyone to know everything about you.

I'm not going to let everyone in, but when I do open up, I trust you. I let you fully in. My close friends, my family, and everyone around me can really appreciate it, and sometimes it's not the easiest to open up to people.

There's nothing anybody who watches my videos doesn't know about me, unless it's something genuinely sacred and private to me.

You know, if you meet someone for the first time, they're not going to bite you.

There's so many people who come to me here in L.A., promising me this and promising me that. What I'm learning is figuring out what's real versus what's just talk.