Donovan – HuffPost 4.6.12

Mike Ragogna: Donovan, what advice do you have for new artists.

Donovan: It’s the same again. If you want to make shoes you have to go learn from a cobbler. If you want to write songs, you have to learn from songwriters. If you’re singing and wanting to write, you have to study the masters. You can’t find any better place than me.

MR: (laughs) Of course!

DL: I say that without any hint of humility. The body of work is there. It’s taught so many, it seems that I even taught Geezer of Black Sabbath to play guitar and I didn’t even know he was listening to me.