Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitzis an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, blues, soul, R&B, funk, jazz, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, pop, folk, and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all of the instruments himself when recording...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFunk Singer
Date of Birth26 May 1964
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I think it'd be a real nightmare to put a record out and sell 20 million copies and then that's it.
You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.
I'm really happy about American Woman, it brought the Guess Who back. They started gigging again and got their song out on commercials.
Working with Gabby [Sidibe], I realized immediately that she was amazingly talented. I could tell just by the way she'd get into the role.
I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.
My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.
I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life.
I identify with women more than men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
In my environments, lighting is always very important.
There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.
I've always had to deal with being biracial, even in music. When I came on the scene, I'd go to these record labels, and they'd say things like, "Lenny Kravitz. That's a weird name." I'm brown-skinned and I've got these dreadlocks and I've got this Jewish last name.
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.
I was always talking about peace and love, even when I was a kid. That's how I grew up in my family.
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.