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I was making the music and writing the songs which reflected the emerging consciousness of my generation.

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The human race is ill because we have no contact with the lowest level of consciousness.

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In the 1960s, I was convinced that the world was extremely mentally ill.

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

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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.

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I feel strongly that having a disability in one area makes you explore others instead.

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

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I think my legacy is important because my songs - perhaps more than those of any other songwriter I know - cover every movement from 1965 on, socially and artistically. If you want songs about ecology, I've got ecology songs; if you want songs about spirituality, I've got spiritual songs.

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Before, it had been fame, and then super-fame came. And then it became super-super-fame. One loses one's personal life, really; you're recognized everywhere. But I embraced that.

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

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 10th, 1946

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