--- title: "1 Beat Poets Quotes By Donovan" description: "1 Beat Poets quotes by Donovan. Plus more from Donovan and more Beat Poets sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/donovan-5358_america_i-absorbed-the-vinyl-of-woody-guthrie-pe_2099075.jpg" --- > [I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg. At campus, we were absorbing that stuff. We looked to America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-absorbed-the-vinyl-of-woody-guthrie-pete-seeger-jack-elliott-to/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/donovan-5358_america_i-absorbed-the-vinyl-of-woody-guthrie-pe_2099075.jpg) ## More by Donovan > [Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/most-people-think-that-i-heard-bob-dylan-first-and-got-a-cap-and/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I have always just experimented, and I come from a very ancient, acoustic root. It was very hard to put a finger on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-have-always-just-experimented-and-i-come-from-a-very-ancient/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-found-in-rick-rubin-a-kindred-soul-when-i-visited-his-home-and/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I have amassed an enormous amount of songs about every particular condition of humankind - children's songs, marriage songs, death songs, love songs, epic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-have-amassed-an-enormous-amount-of-songs-about-every-particular/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [In 1968, I bought a 114-foot yacht, built in 1946, and lived on the Greek islands for a while. We had an extraordinary time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/in-1968-i-bought-a-114-foot-yacht-built-in-1946-and-lived-on-the/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I can't help it: when something strikes me, I write it down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-can-t-help-it-when-something-strikes-me-i-write-it-down/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight pop, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/my-particular-space-has-always-been-quite-unique-in-popular-music-i/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/celebrities-can-suffer-a-horrible-loneliness-even-though-they-have/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [The Faces are my old chums. We used to hang out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/the-faces-are-my-old-chums-we-used-to-hang-out/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-am-so-highly-skilled-that-when-i-pick-up-a-phrase-and-then-pick-up/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/the-songs-i-write-are-about-searching-and-they-re-ambiguous-always-to/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [I'm in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Jimmy Page gave me the MOJO Maverick award. I got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/i-m-in-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-the-songwriters-hall-of-fame/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > ['Superman' had nothing to do with the superhero or physical power. It's a reference to the book 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra,' by Friedrich Nietzsche, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/superman-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-superhero-or-physical-power-it-s/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [Publishers and record companies love a broken heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/publishers-and-record-companies-love-a-broken-heart/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) > [There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/there-s-only-one-thing-in-the-end-and-that-s-singing-truth-in-a/) [Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat-poets/donovan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Beat Poets Quotes By Donovan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I absorbed the vinyl of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Jack Elliott, to Michael McClure and then into the Beat poets, Allen Ginsberg. 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