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> [A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donovan/a-writer-without-a-pen-would-be-like-a-duck-without-water/)

[Donovan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donovan/)

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## 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/)

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