Editing PJ Harvey (section)

== Early life ==
Polly Jean Harvey was born on 9 October 1969 in [[Bridport]], [[Dorset]], the second child of Ray and Eva Harvey ({{nee|Waters}}).<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Mills|first1=Robin|last2=Harvey|first2=Eva|year=2010|title=Cover Story: Robin Hills Meets Eva Harvey in Corscombe|magazine=The Marshwood Vale Magazine|issue=June 2010|page=3|url=http://www.marshwoodvale.com/images/archive/MVM135/index.html|access-date=5 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/4646281.ben-waters-back-in-dorset-for-boogie-night/ | title = Ben Waters back in Dorset for boogie night | date = 2009-09-24 | website = [[Dorset Echo]] | access-date = 2025-01-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250131190150/https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/leisure/stage/4646281.ben-waters-back-in-dorset-for-boogie-night/ | archive-date = 2025-01-31}}</ref> Her parents owned a quarrying business on [[Ham Hill, Somerset|Ham Hill]], the site of a large Iron Age hillfort, and she grew up on the family farm in [[Corscombe]].<ref name="pjh">{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.jphuntley.co.uk/pjh/FullPages/fullbiography.htm|work=pollyharvey.co.uk|access-date=16 November 2007|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183942/http://www.jphuntley.co.uk/pjh/FullPages/fullbiography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> During her childhood, she attended [[Beaminster School]] in nearby [[Beaminster]],<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.dorset.live/news/dorset-news/47-famous-people-who-went-5627561|title =Christian Bale, Emilia Fox and 45 other famous people who went to school in Dorset|first=Liam |last =Trim |date =29 January 2022|newspaper =Dorset Live}}</ref> where she received guitar lessons from folk singer-songwriter [[Steve Knightley]]. Her parents introduced her to music that would later influence her work, including [[blues]], [[Captain Beefheart]] and [[Bob Dylan]].<ref name="pjh" /> Her parents were avid music fans and regularly arranged get-togethers and small gigs, counting [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] among their oldest friends.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/03/pj-harvey-profile|title=PJ Harvey: a singular talent, she dances to her own tune|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=2 April 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 May 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

As a teenager, Harvey began learning saxophone and joined an eight-piece instrumental group, Bologne, run by composer Andrew Dickson.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/5358293.beaminsters-polly-harvey-up-for-brit-award/|title=Beaminster's Polly Harvey up for Brit Award|website=Dorset Echo|date=14 January 2005 |language=en|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> She was also a guitarist with folk duo the Polekats, with whom she wrote some of her earliest material.<ref name="pjh" /> After finishing school, she joined [[Yeovil College]] and attended a visual arts foundation course.<ref name="pjh" /><ref>Harvey, PJ. "I always painted and have always drawn. I initially came from the visual arts background before I even began music." Extract from a transcription of an interview with Miranda Sawyer on ''[[The Culture Show]]''. Broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on 10 February 2011.</ref>