Donovan claims that he didn't copy Dylan, but rather, like Dylan, he was influenced by Woody; also, Donovan claims to have invented folk-rock, and that The Beatles got the idea for "All You Need is Love" from him. He also, claims - and believe him here - that he taught The Beatles to finger pick in a style that we now call "pattern playing", and that "Blackbird", for example, grew out of that style of picking.