Quotes from Lenny Kravitz

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I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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 was always talking about peace and love, even when I was a kid. That's how I grew up in my family.

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

If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I don't play the tuba.

I do my best to try to keep God with me on a personal level. It's my belief that God really wants a personal relationship with us.

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

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.

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.

For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't be happy.

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