Donovan

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.

A young person coming up and saying, 'I absolutely love your music,' is very encouraging.

I found in Rick Rubin a kindred soul. When I visited his home and looked in his library, I saw he was reading the very same New Age books I had picked up the month before.

Linda loves an argument, and I like to engage, too, but she knows that I'm a poet, so I will engage forever. We are in the Chinese astrology of dogs, and we are forever snapping at each other.

Publishers and record companies love a broken heart.