[this had been posted on pjharvey.net and other places, but I can't varify if its real or not]

here's a bit from Australia's Inpress magazine:

"With every work, I try and do something totally different; I really tried to do that with this record and I don't think I entirely succeeded in making something as different as I wanted to but, I wasn't trying to strike any medium between anything".

Polly on why she thinks it's unsuccessful:

"I don't think this is... I mean, I think it's flawed and there are songs on there that aren't so good. I think Cat On The Wall is a very weak song, I think that.. um.. I think that's the one that lets it down the most for me. I'm trying to think what else.. The Letter is quite a weak song."

The Letter is the most obvious track on the album, a link between Uh Huh Her and Stories From The City:

"Yeah, yeah" she agrees.
"Like I said, it's a flawed record, I think - it's not a great piece of work. I tried, you know, I try my best every time, but you don't always succeed."

"I think with this record, it got to a point where I felt.. it really did feel ready to me and I think, on reflection, I could have done something better."

"Is This Desire? is my favourite record of my own. It's the best record i've made and probably the best one I will ever make.. truly"