110+ Lenny Kravitz Quotes (Soulful, Iconic And Funky)

Lenny Kravitz is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is known for his eclectic sound, which fuses elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. Kravitz has released 11 studio albums and won four Grammy Awards.

Top 10 Lenny Kravitz Quotes

1. Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.
2. There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.
3. Being free is a state of mind.
4. If you look at the guys in the '70s, like Led Zeppelin, they had bigger planes than we do, they had more money. But they weren't singing about it.
5. 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.
6. Things that would shock us years ago are like nothing now.
7. When I'm making my music, I'm writing it, I'm producing it, I'm playing all the instruments, I'm performing. It's my own world where I do what I feel, and nobody tells me anything.
8. My mother's side of the family is from the Bahamas, and I spent time there on and off when I was growing up. It's the place where I feel at peace.
9. Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore.
10. 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.

Lenny Kravitz Short Quotes

• If I were white, I'd get less criticism.
• A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.
• A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.
• Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss.
• Everything that I make I use.
• Nine out of ten groups that came out in '89 are gone. I'm still here.
• Don't take it so seriously.
• I find cooking to be the one thing that relaxes me. I don't get to do it often . . .
• I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves.
• God said, Here. Have it. Enjoy it. I'm gonna be miserable?

Lenny Kravitz Famous Quotes And Sayings

None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better.... I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they're absolutely the most miserable people in the world. So it won't do anything for you unless you're a happy person and can have peace with yourself. — Lenny Kravitz

Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture. — Lenny Kravitz

We have so many distractions. We're losing the family unit. We're losing the one-on-one. We're becoming extremely narcissistic. And we have to be careful about that. There's a lot to deal with out there. — Lenny Kravitz

To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave. — Lenny Kravitz

I've always had to deal with being biracial, even in music. When I came on the scene, I'd go to these record labels, and they'd say things like, "Lenny Kravitz. That's a weird name." I'm brown-skinned and I've got these dreadlocks and I've got this Jewish last name. — Lenny Kravitz

We're beginning to play God and get into cloning. We give up quickly. Divorce is an easy option. So why not just create your own mate? Synthesize a human being. You get tired of it, turn it off and put it in the closet like the vacuum cleaner. — Lenny Kravitz

Personal relationship with God is not all just the ceremony and not the religion of doing something because you were told that's what you have to do; it's relationships, it's like we have relationships with our families, with our friends, with our loved ones. — Lenny Kravitz

I enjoy what people at the concert give me and I can't do it without them, so it's really an exchange of energy that snowballs back and forth and becomes something that's very satisfying and very magical. — Lenny Kravitz

The way I was raised and the people that I grew up around for the most part were very humble people, and I appreciate all that they taught me, and their energy and their magnanimity help keep me grounded. — Lenny Kravitz

The image that the public gets is whatever they perceive it to be. Everybody has an opinion, everybody has their own vision, so I don't know what my public image is. I have no idea. — Lenny Kravitz

The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist. — Lenny Kravitz

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us. — Lenny Kravitz

I went to Paris in 1989 when the Americans didn't quite know what to do with me at first. Now, all those years later, it's kind of the same story. Not the same scenario, but kind of the same story. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

I started out making furniture because I couldn't find certain things, and then I really got into it. — Lenny Kravitz

People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you. — Lenny Kravitz

I was in Paris last year, where there's a great appreciation of many different aspects of African culture and of black culture. The music... the art... whatever... And I kind of went with that. — Lenny Kravitz

When you see a close person you know pass in front of your eyes, it's hard core. After all that, I just wanted to enjoy every day. That was my goal. And to give thanks and to live fully. — Lenny Kravitz

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

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

What motivates it is life. Life is everything. Life influences my music and brings it forth. Life is always changing, so I'm always hearing new music. — Lenny Kravitz

If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from the '60s and the '70s - who the guitar player is, who the drummer is, who the producer was, what studio it was recorded in. That's how I grew up listening to music. We bought albums. We read the liner notes. It was important to know the whole history behind it. — Lenny Kravitz

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

I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not going to do it just because people are offering it to me. Not for those box-office, bullshit, money, noncreative people. But I'll do it when it's right to do it. — Lenny Kravitz

I think kids in Europe have developed a deeper knowledge of music and of black music in particular. You go to Europe, and these kids know about all this obscure funk and soul that kids over here wouldn't know. I think it's getting better in the States, though, with the age of the Internet. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together. — Lenny Kravitz

I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me. — Lenny Kravitz

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

A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it. — Lenny Kravitz

Music definitely inspires my design all the time. — Lenny Kravitz

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

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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

I'm definitely happy with everything I've done. I stand behind it. You'll always be saying, "Well, I could change that, or I would do that differently." But you have to let it be what it is. — Lenny Kravitz

Jimi Hendrix was just so fluid. His hands were connected to his soul, you know? His playing was just so emotional. You could feel the fire, you could feel the blues. You could feel the sadness. It's unbelievable. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we just get up there and play. — Lenny Kravitz

When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to feel so comfortable and at ease. I want them to become inspired to live and feel better. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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

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

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it. — Lenny Kravitz

People feel they have to live that stereotypical lifestyle in order to be a rock star. You don't have to shoot heroin and act a certain way to be a rock and roll musician. — Lenny Kravitz

When I stopped trying to write songs, that's when I'm able to begin writing songs. You have to just use your life, and the things around you for your inspiration. — Lenny Kravitz

I don't pull, I just receive. — Lenny Kravitz

I think that we have to be very careful and get back into the loop, get back to nature. Get back to God and not let the technology send us somewhere that we're going to regret. — Lenny Kravitz

I was an actor when I was a teenager and it could have been the direction that I headed in. But music and my relationship with music is quite deep, and it really is the nucleus of my creativity. So I gave up acting so I could pursue music fully, and I never thought about really going back. And then [director] Lee Daniels met me and wanted to work with me, and that's how it started. — Lenny Kravitz

My life is perfect because I accept it as it is. — Lenny Kravitz

I was watching an interview with Martin Scorcese concerning Raging Bull, which is one of my favorite films, and he was talking about how he'd worked with a lot of guys who weren't quote-unquote "actors," like Joe Pesce and Frank Vincent. Scorcese was very smart in the way that he cast, because you don't know where you're going to find the right person who can carry a role and summon that emotion you're looking for. — Lenny Kravitz

So that's why you've got to try, you got to breath and have some fun. Though I'm not paid, I play this game, and I won't stop until I'm done. But what I really want to know is - Are you gonna go my way? — Lenny Kravitz

God is love and if you are ready, he always is. — Lenny Kravitz

I'm a very open and loving person. My whole thing has been "let love rule" since my first album. I'm about unity and peace and God. — Lenny Kravitz

Life, the moment. Where the magic is. That's what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I'm still as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and that's because I really live for those moments. And that's where the art comes from, that's where the music is born, that's where it all appears. I love it. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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. I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs...A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really. A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

Love is the most powerful energy there is. — Lenny Kravitz

I just live my life and try to be present. — Lenny Kravitz

My mom and dad would take me all over. One night we'd be at the Apollo watching James Brown, and then I'd be at the Joffrey Ballet. It was that kind of scene. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

I always read the Capitol as f—ked up pansexuality, everybody is doing everybody. Back to Greek and Roman times! It’s all happening. — Lenny Kravitz

I honestly don't remember how I wrote or did the songs. Or the sessions. They all become very much a blur. And each album is like that. It may be that there are different locations, it may take longer, shorter, or whatever, but it's always something that just happened. — Lenny Kravitz

Fly Away changed my life. There are certain songs that do. When I won the Grammy, I was in Paris. I sort of forgot about it. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

I'm experiencing the mood to go out and share the music. I don't look at these concerts as a platform for people to watch me, look at me. No, a tour is about an interaction. A thing, myself, a band, and the people who support what I do and enjoy what I do. — Lenny Kravitz

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

Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office, not for his skin color. I certainly believe he has the capacity. — Lenny Kravitz

It doesn't take a lot to get me motivated. I'm a studio rat. When I was in high school and I would walk into a recording studio, it felt like this magical place, this temple, this womb that I could escape into. — Lenny Kravitz

I didn't really listen to rock 'n' roll until I moved to LA. We would ditch school, go get high, put on Zeppelin IV and just bug out. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

This world is so crazy. So many things are based on popularity versus talent. So there's a lot of folks who are not so talented, but they're popular and they have "x" amount of followers on social media. — Lenny Kravitz

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

I bought [John Lennon's] 'Plastic Ono Band,' and I listened to it over and over for months. It's a monumental work of genius. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

I'm so happy. I am able to see the world just by making music, just by doing the thing that I loved doing when I was five years old. — Lenny Kravitz

There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

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. — Lenny Kravitz

We should take time out to really love; we should take time out to find out who we are. — Lenny Kravitz

Eventually you're going to have a digital transfer anyway when you make a CD, so it doesn't matter as long as what you're hitting first is what you want it to be. — Lenny Kravitz

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually. — Lenny Kravitz

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." — Lenny Kravitz

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

One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV. — Lenny Kravitz

I basically camped out for a year and a half in an Airstream trailer on the beach out in front of the studio. I had no idea what I was gonna do, what kind of album I was gonna make - all I knew was that I wanted to sit there and just take in whatever came. — Lenny Kravitz

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

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. — Lenny Kravitz

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music. — Lenny Kravitz

Life Lessons by Lenny Kravitz

1. Lenny Kravitz has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can pay off, as he has achieved success in multiple genres of music and has won numerous awards.
2. He has also shown that it is possible to remain true to your creative vision and stay true to yourself, regardless of what is popular at the time.
3. Lastly, Kravitz has proven that it is important to keep learning and growing as an artist, as he has consistently pushed himself to explore new sounds and styles.