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Yogis have human emotions, but the thing is not to let anger and doubt become an obsession.
— Donovan
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Donovan
singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, writer, poet, record producer, singer, actor, musician
1946
Donovan Phillips Leitch, known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored numerous international hit singles and albums during the late 1960s. His work became emblematic of the flower power era with its blend of folk, pop, psychedelia and jazz stylings.
All Quotes by Donovan
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The softer you sing, the louder you're heard.
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The magic that you hear in tales and things was all based around the Celtic mythology of England, which is Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. I just drain from that source. I just drain everything. So the magic is there.
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It seemed — in 1968 — the possibilities of peace and brotherhood could be realised that very year. We're still working on it.
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In the chilly hours and minutes Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
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For me to love you now Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
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When rain has hung the leaves with tears Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
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Sunshine came softly through my a-window today'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine.
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I'll tell you right nowAny trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find...
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I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind 'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine.
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When I look out my window, So many different people to be...
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You've got to pick up every stitch. Must be the season of the witch.
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When the mid-'70s came around, it looked like, 'Oh-oh, here come the punks.' But if you look closely at The Who and The Kinks, the anger and the frustration is there... There is, within me, just the same social discontent as I go through my career. But to be typecast as a singer of peace and love is fine.
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I'm just mad about Saffron She's just mad about me.
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They call me mellow yellow They call me mellow yellow...
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I'm just mad about Fourteen Fourteen's mad about me
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Electrical banana Is bound to be the very next phase...
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Wear your love like heaven.
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Lord, kiss me once more, fill me with song Wear my love like heaven.
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Thrown like a star in my vast sleep Came singing songs of love...
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Histories of ages past Comes singing songs of love...
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Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new: Hail Atlantis!
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Way down below the ocean where I wanna be she may be.
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I still carry with me the same themes as always — I'm still compelled to present mystic ideas...
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