There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern. Lenny Kravitz More Quotes by Lenny Kravitz More Quotes From Lenny Kravitz I identify more with women than with men. I guess I have a strong feminine side. Lenny Kravitz strong witty funny 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. Lenny Kravitz support watches people My mother's side of the family is from the Bahamas, and I spent time there on and off when I was growing up. It's the place where I feel at peace. Lenny Kravitz bahamas growing-up mother I'm so happy. I am able to see the world just by making music, just by doing the thing that I loved doing when I was five years old. Lenny Kravitz able world years 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. Lenny Kravitz clear-head going-out mind I'm very much about the environment, I'm very much about health, about being able to, at the very least, eat organic, whole foods that are healthy for us. And then, of course, everyone being able to eat and at least have a humane way to live. There's enough for everybody, but unfortunately, there's a lot of greed and a lot of ego. Lenny Kravitz humane-way greed ego I just live my life and try to be present. When I'm present in the moment and something comes, I can capture it, because it doesn't come from me, it's out there. Lenny Kravitz living-my-life moments trying 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. Lenny Kravitz records waiting writing I was always talking about peace and love, even when I was a kid. That's how I grew up in my family. Lenny Kravitz and-love talking kids When I'm in the studio, I write the music, I play the different instruments, I produce it, I arrange it, and it's a self-indulgent exercise. It's the way I make my music. And when I'm acting, I get to leave myself behind, which is a relief. I get to collaborate with a director; I respect the director's medium and all the actors and actresses. So at the end of the day, it's about a character and it's about a director's vision. It's a really good balance for being so intense and alone in my personal process of making music. Lenny Kravitz exercise writing character I started out making furniture because I couldn't find certain things, and then I really got into it. Lenny Kravitz furniture certain I really didn't know a lot of rock 'n' roll until I moved to L.A. Before that, when I was in New York, I grew up listening mostly to R&B and soul and jazz. Lenny Kravitz rocks soul new-york If you go to Japan, they're still buying vinyl, and they want the education. They know who's playing on what tracks from the '60s and the '70s - who the guitar player is, who the drummer is, who the producer was, what studio it was recorded in. That's how I grew up listening to music. We bought albums. We read the liner notes. It was important to know the whole history behind it. Lenny Kravitz japan guitar player I think kids in Europe have developed a deeper knowledge of music and of black music in particular. You go to Europe, and these kids know about all this obscure funk and soul that kids over here wouldn't know. I think it's getting better in the States, though, with the age of the Internet. Lenny Kravitz europe kids thinking Life, the moment. Where the magic is. That's what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I'm still as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and that's because I really live for those moments. And that's where the art comes from, that's where the music is born, that's where it all appears. I love it. Lenny Kravitz magic years art I come in with this rock 'n' roll-oriented music, and it's not black enough . . . I've always had to deal with this black-white thing. Lenny Kravitz rocks black white Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us. Lenny Kravitz mind believe looks Keeping grounded and keeping focused and keeping calm and thankful, that comes from God. Lenny Kravitz grounded calm focused It doesn't take a lot to get me motivated. I'm a studio rat. When I was in high school and I would walk into a recording studio, it felt like this magical place, this temple, this womb that I could escape into. Lenny Kravitz temples rats school At 10 o'clock in the morning I'd go right in the studio. It feels good to be there in the morning before the day starts to mess with you - I don't mean in a negative way, but before I'd speak to a lot of people or get into anything, I'd go in there and just see what I felt. A lot happens in the morning for me in the studio. Lenny Kravitz morning mean people
