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Lenny Kravitz, Musician
Born asLeonard Albert Kravitz
Known asLenny Kravitz, Lenny, Romeo Blue
Occup.Musician
FromUSA
BornMay 26, 1964
New York City, United States
Age58 years
Leonard Albert Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Kravtiz 'style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic rock, folk and ballads.

Kravitz won a Grammy in the category "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 and has sold around 32 million albums worldwide.

Our collection contains 55 quotes who is written / told by Lenny, under the main topic Dad.

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55 Famous quotes by Lenny Kravitz

Small: Lenny Kravitz: A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad
"A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Were getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the comp
"We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Its like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me S
"It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Its a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. Its a trip
"It's a trip to have a Greatest Hits record. It's a trip"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers
"If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Every night is different, you never know what its going to be like. I remember every night. I d
"Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Youre never promised your next breath
"You're never promised your next breath"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was play
"When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: People see my photos and think I labor over my image and Im this cool, brooding artist. But Im
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe
"My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinne
"My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Its very important to vote. People died for this right
"It's very important to vote. People died for this right"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out
"It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Ive had to work very hard, and I dont really have a category or fit into any niche, so each tim
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I knew what I wanted to do from the time I was 5
"I knew what I wanted to do from the time I was 5"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself
"I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side
"I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I dont think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrument
"I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I am still into the people I listened to growing up, so I completely remember what is like to b
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: God forbid you sing about love. Its a lost concept
"God forbid you sing about love. It's a lost concept"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: We werent put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: My career has been a gradual climb. I think thats part of the reason why Ive had longevity
"My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you dont perceive i
"If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Ive always been into films. Ive been offered lots of films but theyve always been these very st
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I wasnt the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to
"I wasn't the kind of person that liked waiting for autographs or following them, I just liked to go to the shows, study their records, driving many, many hours to different states to go to concerts"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I knew Slash in high school, but not very well. Just knew him as this kid that used to hang out
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Ive woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. Im listening to it in my dreams.
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary
"I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well
"I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth
"Change is growth. For me it has been a very spiritual and musical rebirth"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus
"A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through
"Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: If I were white, Id get less criticism
"If I were white, I'd get less criticism"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Im more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that
"I'm more hungry now than I was 11 years ago. Which is great because I see a lot of artists that have been out for a long period of time. They get kind of fat"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebo
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play
"God gave me the gift to be able to play instruments and I have to play"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: For the last few years, its been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if youre in with t
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: A lot of people dont listen to the lyrics, really
"A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: The image is an image
"The image is an image"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. Its so simple a
"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"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I am trying to get closer to God
"I am trying to get closer to God"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: God is always in my life, and thats the most important thing to me
"God is always in my life, and that's the most important thing to me"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They cant put their finger on me
"Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We dont even read the insi
"Today, people are more into the glitz and the glamour of everything. We don't even read the inside of records anymore"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everythi
"My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: Im always sort of reflecting on what I do on what Ive done. Usually before I make a new album,
"I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People dont realize what its really like
"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I wouldnt play together with someone who likes to control everything like me
"I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. Its a r
"I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality"
Small: Lenny Kravitz: I think itd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then thats i
"I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it"
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