Top 202 Quotes & Sayings by Lenny Kravitz - Page 4

People feel they have to live that stereotypical lifestyle in order to be a rock star. You don't have to shoot heroin and act a certain way to be a rock and roll musician.

When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to feel so comfortable and at ease. I want them to become inspired to live and feel better.

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. I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs...A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really. A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.

I'm experiencing the mood to go out and share the music. I don't look at these concerts as a platform for people to watch me, look at me. No, a tour is about an interaction. A thing, myself, a band, and the people who support what I do and enjoy what I do.

After listening to "Machine Gun" I have to take a nap.

I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.

Everything that I make I use.

I'm not one of those artists who refuses to play their hits. I find that ridiculous. Hits are a blessing.

I'm looking forward to going out at the concert with a clear head, with a clear mind, with a clear spirit and experiencing whatever it is. It's great.

I don't go to church so much, the way my life is, but it's in me every day.

Eleutheria, the fire is burning. Eleutheria, the tables are turning.

It's interesting to be playing a father who's on the other side because that's not my world and not where I came from.

This world is so crazy. So many things are based on popularity versus talent. So there's a lot of folks who are not so talented, but they're popular and they have "x" amount of followers on social media.

The most important thing for me is the moment, going from one thing to the next and hitting all the different levels and different points that make the whole what it is.

For me a watch is a really beautiful instrument. I don't so much care what time it is but I do love watches, and I love how they're constructed.

I didn't really listen to rock 'n' roll until I moved to LA. We would ditch school, go get high, put on Zeppelin IV and just bug out.

I never sit down to write or say, "Today, I have to record something." I wait to hear it and then I go for it.

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.

I'm really happy about American Woman, it brought the Guess Who back. They started gigging again and got their song out on commercials.

I found it a really refreshing change of pace to suddenly be completely directed. It was a type of collaboration that I don't normally have.

If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.

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.