Lenny Kravitz Quotes
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I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.
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I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.
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I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.
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I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between. I dress funny. I play all these different styles of music on one record. It's like, What is he doing?
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Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.
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It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.
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There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith.
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I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot.
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We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.
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It's very important to vote. People died for this right.
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I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to be a fan, I haven't changed.
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I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
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Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore.
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My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
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I knew what I wanted to do from the time I was 5.
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Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss.
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I'm more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that have been out for a long period of time. They get kind of fat.
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I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
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If I were white, I'd get less criticism.
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I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts.
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My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.
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I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out in the hallway. Pretty much looked then the way he does now.
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Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.
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I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.