Lenny Kravitz Quotes

A lot of people don’t listen to the lyrics, really.

Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don’t even read the inside of records anymore.

Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can’t put their finger on me.

I think it’d be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that’s it.

I never sit down to write. When I’m moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I can’t really describe writing. It’s in my head.

There are so many people that don’t believe in themselves and don’t have faith.

I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It’s a reality.

If I were white, I’d get less criticism.

A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers.

I couldn’t tell you what I am going to do next ’cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.

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.

God forbid you sing about love. It’s a lost concept.

Are things getting better with each generation? Yes. It’s quite interesting to be living in these times, for me to witness an African-American being elected president. It’s quite extraordinary.

The thing I love about acting is that it’s got nothing to do with me; it’s about bringing forth a director’s vision. It’s like a release. I’m glad it’s come back into my life.

I don’t think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

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.

I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.

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.

My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

You’re never promised your next breath.

It’s a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. It’s a trip.

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.

I don’t play the tuba.

I’ve woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I’m listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

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?

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.

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I’m this cool, brooding artist. But I’m just having fun with it.

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.

God is always in my life, and that’s the most important thing to me.

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.

The fans of ‘The Hunger Games,’ of the book, are very passionate. It’s funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up ‘Cinna’ signs.

I wouldn’t play together with someone who likes to control everything like me.

There’s definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it’s modern.

It’s very important to vote. People died for this right.

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.

I mean, look at the people we celebrate – a lot of people who really don’t do anything. They just walk the red carpets and go to all the parties, and they’re hooked up with the right people, so they’re celebrities. But what for?