102 Quotes by Donovan

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

I didn't know until later, but my uncle was quite a famous bohemian in Glasgow, and he played guitar. My father was a kind of a poetic bohemian, and he read me poetry.

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

After having polio, my right leg was weaker, so I wasn't great at football. But I swam lots and even did long-distance running.

I became a recluse many times and enjoyed a private life I didn't have during the '60s.

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.

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.

The Faces are my old chums. We used to hang out.

Blues and jazz are such a root to music.