'Sunshine Superman' was a pioneering work that for the first time presented a fusion of Celtic, jazz, folk, rock, and Indian music… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I was making the music and writing the songs which reflected the emerging consciousness of my generation. — Donovan Copy Share Image
My music translates again and again to younger generations of players because I broke all the rules, and they can break all… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The similarity between my music and The Beatles' music is it has within it a very positive quality. It's woven with humor. — Donovan Copy Share Image
My guitar-playing always included bass lines, melody lines, and rhythm-guitar grooves. — Donovan Copy Share Image
A young person coming up and saying, 'I absolutely love your music,' is very encouraging. — Donovan Copy Share Image
In my time, we didn't know songs could last. All we ever thought of was next Tuesday. You never imagined a future. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I think my legacy is important because my songs - perhaps more than those of any other songwriter I know - cover… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I was listening to a lot of bebop. And to Miles Davis. Everyone thinks I was just in the folk world in… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I have amassed an enormous amount of songs about every particular condition of humankind - children's songs, marriage songs, death songs, love… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Having had polio never held me back as I got older. Although having one leg smaller than the other isn't much fun,… — Donovan Copy Share Image
My particular space has always been quite unique in popular music. I have a background in R&B and hard rock and straight… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Linda's in all the songs. 'Sunshine Superman,' 'Hampstead Incident,' 'Young Girl Blues'... Linda's the muse. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I'm probably the most successful Celtic bard of my generation, who projected this style and this image and this casketful of magical… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The way I sing my songs leads the listener into a place of introspection, a state of mind that can trigger self-healing… — Donovan Copy Share Image
It's really much more than the plastic of album covers and record sales and dollars and cents. Music is just everybody's mother.… — Donovan Copy Share Image
My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Coming from art school, I had a great sense of style - as did The Beatles and the Stones - and I… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I have always just experimented, and I come from a very ancient, acoustic root. It was very hard to put a finger on me. — Donovan Copy Share Image
I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I have amassed an enormous amount of songs about every particular condition of humankind - children's songs, marriage songs, death songs, love songs, epic… — Donovan Copy Share Image
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… — Donovan Copy Share Image
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… — Donovan Copy Share Image
Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path… — Donovan Copy Share Image
I am so highly skilled that when I pick up a phrase and then pick up my guitar, a form comes out almost immediately… — Donovan Copy Share Image
The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways. — Donovan Copy Share Image
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… — Donovan Copy Share Image
