Lenny Kravitz Quotes
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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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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'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'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
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I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
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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.
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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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It's very important to vote. People died for this right.
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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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My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.
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I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.
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Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.
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If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.
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The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again.
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It's a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. It's a trip.
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I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been.
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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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Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.
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If I were white, I'd get less criticism.
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You're never promised your next breath.
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It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.
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I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself.
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I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.