Quotes By Lenny Kravitz

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I don't play the tuba.

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

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 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.

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

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

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.

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

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?

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.

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

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

I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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