Lenny Kravitz Quotes

I get a lot of joy from playing instruments, and I have a different personality on each instrument. I like to let that come out. I get kind of selfish.

God said, Here. Have it. Enjoy it. I'm gonna be miserable?

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 had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock.

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

I fell in love with Paris the first time I went.

You can start something, do it, and believe that that's what you're doing, but then the inspiration comes and it's like, "Nope, this is what it is."

I really didn't know a lot of rock 'n' roll until I moved to L.A. Before that, when I was in New York, I grew up listening mostly to R&B and soul and jazz.

I come in with this rock 'n' roll-oriented music, and it's not black enough . . . I've always had to deal with this black-white thing.

I don't like to approach people that much. There's been times when I wanted to say something to somebody, in a quick moment, but didn't. Then you think, man, who knows?

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

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.

There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.

It's a good time for me to pursue acting, I suppose since I'm enjoying having another medium in which to express myself. I've been getting a great response to my work.

You never know where you're going to find a great actor.

When I hear music, it's visual; I see things.

Working with Gabby [Sidibe], I realized immediately that she was amazingly talented. I could tell just by the way she'd get into the role.

You can't even sing or play an instrument, so you just scream instead. You're living for an image, so you got five hundred women in your bed.

I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all.

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

You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.

I'm sure great scripts are hard to find, but I'm definitely open, and waiting to see what comes my way.

At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much.

I used to do plays and some television commercials when I was younger. I guess my mom's being an actress got me interested in that, but music definitely took its place.

I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves.

Music, for me, is completely self-indulgent. I write it, I play the instruments, I arrange it, I produce it. It's all about me - as it should be.

I've lived my life dealing with everybody. And that's how it's always been for me.

I feel like my best work is in front of me. I'm in the studio now, and I'm having an amazing time making this new album. It's something I can't help.

I'm just as white as I am black, and I'm just as Russian Jew as I am West Indian.

I haven't thought about making a music film, but if I did, that would be a very interesting idea.

Later on in life I was like, "Wow!" because that's exactly how it was. They don't care that you're mixed. They see you as one color.

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.

I want to do interiors, furniture. I want to do architecture, although I'm not an architect. Nor am I a trained interior designer.

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

The most important thing for me is the moment, going from one thing to the next and hitting all the different levels and different points that make the whole what it is.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

Everything that I make I use.

For me a watch is a really beautiful instrument. I don't so much care what time it is but I do love watches, and I love how they're constructed.

Nine out of ten groups that came out in '89 are gone. I'm still here.

I just feel so good; it feels like a very creative time for me. As far as my mind, spirit, and body, I've never felt better.

I'm not one of those artists who refuses to play their hits. I find that ridiculous. Hits are a blessing.

I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.

After listening to "Machine Gun" I have to take a nap.

I'm looking forward to going out at the concert with a clear head, with a clear mind, with a clear spirit and experiencing whatever it is. It's great.

I never sit down to write or say, "Today, I have to record something." I wait to hear it and then I go for it.

Eleutheria, the fire is burning. Eleutheria, the tables are turning.

I don't go to church so much, the way my life is, but it's in me every day.

Mothers love you to the end, and she didn't want to hold me back from my livelihood. So I left for a month and called her every couple of days. I came home and she died 24 hours later.

If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.

I'm really happy about American Woman, it brought the Guess Who back. They started gigging again and got their song out on commercials.