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Success Quote by Lenny Kravitz

"My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner"

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It lands like a confession from someone who’s spent decades under stage lights: the real flex, Kravitz suggests, is anonymity with dirt under your nails. The line “My dream is to become a farmer” isn’t a career pivot so much as a protest against the perpetual performance demanded of pop stardom. Farming reads as the opposite of the celebrity economy: slow, repetitive, unphotogenic work where value comes from patience, not spectacle.

“Just a Bohemian guy” does a lot of cultural work. Kravitz has long inhabited a curated boho-rock mythology - part vintage, part luxury, part spiritual seeker. By choosing “Bohemian,” he keeps the romance of freedom and artistry while swapping the arena for the field. It’s not “I want to escape”; it’s “I want to simplify,” which is a crucial distinction in a culture that sells burnout as ambition.

The sweetest, sharpest detail is “pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.” It’s sensual, domestic, and specific, the kind of image that punctures grand statements. Sweet potatoes aren’t status food; they’re humble, hearty, a little earthy. The subtext is control: growing your own dinner means opting out, at least briefly, from the machinery that feeds you narratives, endorsements, and demands. For a musician whose brand is self-contained cool, the fantasy isn’t fame’s next level. It’s a life where the only audience that matters is the table.

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Kravitz, Lenny. (2026, January 15). My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-is-to-become-a-farmer-just-a-bohemian-144353/

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Kravitz, Lenny. "My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-is-to-become-a-farmer-just-a-bohemian-144353/.

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"My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-is-to-become-a-farmer-just-a-bohemian-144353/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Lenny Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is a Musician from USA.

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