Lenny Kravitz Quotes
When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.
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I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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Every sport has its own cast of characters.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.
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I do so much music that it's like a fog, and I can't even remember all of it.
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How you manage change can make all the difference.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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It's just that I've always been a tomboy, so being thrown into the hot nerd category and the glam thing has been very interesting for me to swallow.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
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I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
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No Latina woman would be called 'Ms.' - that's an invention of middle-class Anglo women. Latina women are proud to be called 'Mrs.' That simply means that we have a family.
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I don't need to be liked.
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I really, really want to produce. That's the top of my to-do list.
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Every time I try to disown that concept for myself, which is a really healthy perspective, they bring it back all the time. It's so serious and so real and so tangible that you don't want to taint it with anything other than the thing itself. I was tickled pink with my very zen self, walking around saying that I made a record because I wanted to make a record. That's so beautiful. It's like a haiku poem. That takes away all the tension and the expectation. I just want to try to do something interesting.
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I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
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When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.
