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If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself. (Lenny Kravitz)
I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality. View quote
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It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music. View quote
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People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music. View quote
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It's very important to vote. People died for this right. View quote
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That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be. View quote
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I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been. View quote
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If I were white, I'd get less criticism. View quote
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The image that the public gets is whatever they perceive it to be. Everybody has an opinion, everybody has their own vision, so I don't know what my public image is. I have no idea. View quote
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I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all. View quote
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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)
The loyalty rate isn't that high. I could have a big hit, then put out the next single, and they say, Oh yeah, who are you? Prove it again. View quote
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I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record. View quote
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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. View quote
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There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern. View quote
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I'm in this for the long haul. I've been making music my whole life. View quote
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Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss. View quote
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People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you. View quote
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I mean, look at the people we celebrate - a lot of people who really don't do anything. They just walk the red carpets and go to all the parties, and they're hooked up with the right people, so they're celebrities. But what for? View quote
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I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually. View quote
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If you look at the guys in the '70s, like Led Zeppelin, they had bigger planes than we do, they had more money. But they weren't singing about it. (Lenny Kravitz)
Where I'm at in life, the women have got to come with something else, not just the body, but the mind and spirit. It usually trips them out, but that's the way it's going to be. I'm looking at the big picture. View quote
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I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict. View quote
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The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life. View quote
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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. View quote
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