315 Quotes by 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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

You’re never promised your next breath.

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?