Donovan

In bohemian circles, we were very aware that poetry was missing from popular culture. ”

What I needed and actually need is a discipline of tradition, which is lacking in our civilization. Discipline of tradition and the ceremony of humbleness. ”

The similarity between my music and The Beatles' music is it has within it a very positive quality. It's woven with humor. ”

When I was a boy, I had a grand, big tape recorder, and I made late-night radio shows with glasses of water and funny voices. I just loved radio plays. ”

I've experimented with so many different sounds, it's difficult to say what the Donovan sound really is, but it's essentially my voice and guitars. ”

If you have a loved one, you can survive anything. ”

It's not like me and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr hang out every week, but we keep together in promoting Transcendental Meditation. ”

Celebrities can suffer a horrible loneliness even though they have millions of fans. I started doing meditations because I realized that a spiritual path was necessary. ”

Meditation is certainly not a religion, cult, or spiritual path: it's actually a very basic practice to reduce stress. ”

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record. ”