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I get a lot of joy from playing instruments, and I have a different personality on each instrument. I like to let that come out. I get kind of selfish.

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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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.
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I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary.
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I was always talking about peace and love, even when I was a kid. That's how I grew up in my family.
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I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.
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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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My dream is to become a farmer. Just a Bohemian guy pulling up his own sweet potatoes for dinner.
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Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.
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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.
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My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.
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