Quotes By Lenny Kravitz

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

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?

It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.

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.

God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play.

Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth.

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

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

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

I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.

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

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

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'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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.

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.

My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.