P. J. Harvey Quotes

I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life.

The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see

I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say. There are some interesting facts I could share, but I don't want to share that part of myself.

I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.

I'm a very loyal and very private person when it comes to my personal life. But I obviously do have Twitter and Instagram, and I will share some of the things I'm doing.

I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

There are very few things that I don't talk about - even my relationships.

I've come to the realization that if I don't feel like sharing, then I'm just not going to share. But I'm not going to go out of my way to mislead people or keep them at a distance, because that doesn't really get me anywhere either.

With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.

I don't like talking too much about my personal life, but it all goes into my work.

I'm obviously not going to give you everything about my whole life, but as far as my personality, you see me all the time from watching the games.

I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything.

I get that some people just want to do work and keep their lives private. I think for me, it just felt like I needed to be open about who I am. It just felt like the right thing for me to do.

In real life, I try to be honest but not overshare. There are people that turn every conversation into a therapy session and you want to start charging them.

People like to lay their whole life, and all of their own secrets out in front of the world. They make money off of it, and find satisfaction that way. I personally don't believe in that. I think it can be hurtful to yourself and those around you.

I'm a sociable person. I want people to know where the f - I came from.

I’m trying to please myself; certainly that’s a big criterion... though in a sense, I don’t take images just for myself. I take images that I think other people will want to see. I don’t take pictures to put in a box and hide them. I want as many people to see them as possible.

I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.

You can be honest without sharing your opinions on everything.

I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it.

I am ill at ease with people whose lives are an open book.

I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be identified as ... with me.

If people did not want their stories told, it would be better for them to keep away from me.

When I'm on a plane, people know where I'm going before I even know where I'm going. People know where you had lunch yesterday, or who you had lunch with. So, trying to avoid sharing everything with everyone is my way of keeping something private in my life.