Donovan

The songs I write are about searching, and they're ambiguous - always to be understood in different ways. ”

My dad would always ask, 'How's the money?' but I was never interested. Millions came and went, stolen by the robbers in the music industry. But as someone said, 'You'll never be poor as long as you can pick up a guitar.' ”

I never considered myself an entertainer. I always felt I had to be connected to something meaningful, or it wasn't worth doing. ”

The planet is alive, and it's a woman. ”

I went to America not for fame or fortune but to be able to communicate with the biggest audience. ”

A writer without a pen would be like a duck without water! ”

Any nobody from the folk blues world could avoid being influenced by Woody Guthrie, who is actually of Scottish-Irish ancestry. ”

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves. ”

The poet is the voice of the people. And when the poet presents certain ideas, two phrases in one poem can alter a generation's view. So poets have always been feared - and controlled and jailed. ”

The way I sing my songs leads the listener into a place of introspection, a state of mind that can trigger self-healing and the kind of profound rest you cannot get from sleep alone. ”