I just need to know that I did the very best I could and that I was true to myself. Lenny Kravitz More Quotes by Lenny Kravitz More Quotes From Lenny Kravitz A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus. Lenny Kravitz songwritingwriting-songspeople 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. Lenny Kravitz crowdslastsyears I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs. Lenny Kravitz writingsongthinking I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot. Lenny Kravitz albumscareersmade I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it. Lenny Kravitz recordsrealthinking A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad. Lenny Kravitz dadfatherfirsts 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. Lenny Kravitz gamesfunnybook The image is an image. Lenny Kravitz I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me. Lenny Kravitz likestogetherplay One musician listens to another musician, and you get inspired and then you do your thing, but it's yours. Lenny Kravitz inspiredmusician When it comes to acting, it's about creating a character and bringing forth a director's vision. It's a weird feeling, because with acting, it's just not about me. I love being in that position, because with the music, it's always about me. Lenny Kravitz creatinglove-ischaracter Music, for me, is completely self-indulgent. I write it, I play the instruments, I arrange it, I produce it. It's all about me - as it should be. Lenny Kravitz selfplaywriting I'm just looking for interesting roles and giving acting the respect it deserves. Lenny Kravitz actinggivinginteresting One day we're going to watch people fight to the death, like Roman times. Instead of being in a coliseum, we're going to watch it on TV. Lenny Kravitz one-dayfightingpeople I'm sure at one point I will do some acting again, but it would have to be the right thing. I'm not going to do it just because people are offering it to me. Not for those box-office, bullshit, money, noncreative people. But I'll do it when it's right to do it. Lenny Kravitz bullshitofferingpeople I used to do plays and some television commercials when I was younger. I guess my mom's being an actress got me interested in that, but music definitely took its place. Lenny Kravitz television-commercialsmomplay At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much. Lenny Kravitz arrogantsoundpeople My mother always told me to embrace both sides of my background. And she also taught me one very useful thing when I was going to first grade. She said, "You're Bahamian and African-American on one side, and Russian-Jewish on the other. You're no more one than the other, and it's beautiful that you have all this. It makes your life all the more rich. But society will see you only as black." Lenny Kravitz african-americanmotherbeautiful Later on in life I was like, "Wow!" because that's exactly how it was. They don't care that you're mixed. They see you as one color. Lenny Kravitz wowcarecolor I'm just as white as I am black, and I'm just as Russian Jew as I am West Indian. Lenny Kravitz blackwestwhite
