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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

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Lenny Kravitz
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: May 26
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Interior Designer
Multi-Instrumentalist
Percussionist
Pianist
Poet
Record Producer
Singer
New York City
New York
Leonard Albert Kravitz
Leonard A. Kravitz
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You can't even sing or play an instrument, so you just scream instead. You're living for an image, so you got five hundred women in your bed.
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I don't like to approach people that much. There's been times when I wanted to say something to somebody, in a quick moment, but didn't. Then you think, man, who knows?
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I wouldn't play together with someone who likes to control everything like me.
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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.
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I just feel so good it feels like a very creative time for me. As far as my mind, spirit, and body, I've never felt better.
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There's definitely an old school element to my music, but I also think it's modern.
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People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.
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Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.
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If I were white, I'd get less criticism.
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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.
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You've got your entourage and people that help you make whatever happen around you. Everything's crazy and you're not paying attention to your inner feelings because you're so busy. I couldn't take it.
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Good design is being able to put a $100,000 thing next to a $20 thing. If it looks right and it works then it works. It doesn't have to be expensive it's all about the high meets low for me.
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Fly Away changed my life. There are certain songs that do. When I won the Grammy, I was in Paris. I sort of forgot about it.
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