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Lenny Kravitz, born on May 26, 1964, is a talented singer-songwriter known for his eclectic musical style that blends rock, soul, funk, and pop. His music has won the hearts of fans around the world. Kravitz is renowned for his distinctive voice and diverse musical compositions, which have had a profound impact on the music industry.

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“There's nothing more that we love than having a close, personal, open relationship, and I believe that's what God wants.”

Want Believe I Believe Open Relationship

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“The way I was raised and the people that I grew up around for the most part were very humble people, and I appreciate all that they taught me, and their energy and their magnanimity help keep me grounded.”

People Way Helping Energy Taught Grew Grew Up Appreciate Raised Humble Grounded Magnanimity

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“To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.”

Persons Art Important Ends Certain Goes On Healthy Lessons Letting Go Illusion Wave Likes The End Of The Day Important Lessons Learn To Let Go

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“Love is the most powerful energy there is.”

Energy Love Is Powerful Most Powerful

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“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.”

Way Mind Believe Humans Looks Given Settling Interaction Disputes

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“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.”

Way Enough Whole Able Courses Environment Healthy Ego Greed Humane Way To Live Whole Foods Humane Way

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“I honestly don't remember how I wrote or did the songs. Or the sessions. They all become very much a blur. And each album is like that. It may be that there are different locations, it may take longer, shorter, or whatever, but it's always something that just happened.”

May Different Remember Song Happened Albums Honestly Location Session Blur

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“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.”

Writing Today Waiting Records

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“You need to open up so that more comes through. And you can just feel that when your ego is not in the way and when you're letting it be what it wants to be. You have to let it be what it wants to be as opposed to what you think it should be.”

Thinking Way Want Needs Feels Should Ego Be You

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“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.”

People Looks Enjoy Watches Support Share Band Mood Concerts Interaction Platforms Look At Me Watch Me

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“I enjoy what people at the concert give me and I can't do it without them, so it's really an exchange of energy that snowballs back and forth and becomes something that's very satisfying and very magical.”

People Giving I Can Energy Enjoy Give Me Concerts Satisfying Back And Forth Snowball

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“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.”

Mind Spirit Clear Concerts Going Out Looking Forward Clear Minds Clear Head

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“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.”

World Years Able Five Five Years Five Year Olds

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“I think that we have to be very careful and get back into the loop, get back to nature. Get back to God and not let the technology send us somewhere that we're going to regret.”

Thinking Technology Regret Careful Get Back Loops

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“We have so many distractions. We're losing the family unit. We're losing the one-on-one. We're becoming extremely narcissistic. And we have to be careful about that. There's a lot to deal with out there.”

Deals Becoming Losing Careful Distraction Be Careful Units Narcissistic One On One Family Unit

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“After listening to "Machine Gun" I have to take a nap.”

Listening Gun Machines Naps Machine Guns

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“I find cooking to be the one thing that relaxes me. I don't get to do it often . . .”

One Thing Cooking Relax

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“I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.”

Wanted Pure Timeless

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“I'm definitely happy with everything I've done. I stand behind it. You'll always be saying, "Well, I could change that, or I would do that differently." But you have to let it be what it is.”

Wells Done Behinds

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“I'm not one of those artists who refuses to play their hits. I find that ridiculous. Hits are a blessing.”

Play Artist Blessing Refuse Ridiculous

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“We should take time out to really love; we should take time out to find out who we are.”

Should Who We Are Take Time

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“A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.”

Ifs Song Spirituality Deals Tunes

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“Eventually you're going to have a digital transfer anyway when you make a CD, so it doesn't matter as long as what you're hitting first is what you want it to be.”

Want Firsts Long Matter What You Want Digital Hitting Cds Transfers

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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.”

Certain Song Changed Paris Changed My Life Fly Away Grammy

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“God said, Here. Have it. Enjoy it. I'm gonna be miserable?”

Said Enjoy Miserable

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“I didn't really listen to rock 'n' roll until I moved to LA. We would ditch school, go get high, put on Zeppelin IV and just bug out.”

School Rocks Moved Rock N Roll Bugs Getting High Zeppelins

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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?”

People Thinking Knows Men Moments Wanted Approach

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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.”

Kind Different Joy Personality Instruments Selfish Playing Instruments

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“I get hired as a writer or producer and I do the best I can to bring out that artist. If somebody calls you to do something, you go right for that vision and you're aware of that person's vibe. You're trying to get inside of them.”

Ifs Trying Persons I Can Artist Vision Producers Do The Best

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“I'm really happy about American Woman, it brought the Guess Who back. They started gigging again and got their song out on commercials.”

Song Really Happy American Woman

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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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Guy Records Heard Band

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“Mothers love you to the end, and she didn't want to hold me back from my livelihood. So I left for a month and called her every couple of days. I came home and she died 24 hours later.”

Want Ends Home Mother Left Hours Love You Months Couple Died Livelihood Hold Me Mother Love

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“My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.”

Ends Together Mother Needed Chill Circus

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“Nine out of ten groups that came out in '89 are gone. I'm still here.”

Stills Gone Groups Ten Nine

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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.”

People Way Feels Certain Order Stars Rocks Musician Lifestyle Rock And Roll Rock Star Heroin

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“Tape machines are effects boxes as well because each tape machine has its own sound. You can over-load a tape machine or you can bump it a certain way so it compresses or makes a sound, tape saturation.”

Way Wells Certain Sound Effects Machines Boxes Tape Load Bumps Saturation

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“We're beginning to play God and get into cloning. We give up quickly. Divorce is an easy option. So why not just create your own mate? Synthesize a human being. You get tired of it, turn it off and put it in the closet like the vacuum cleaner.”

Giving Humans Play Turns Easy Human Beings Giving Up Tired Divorce Why Not Mates Closets Vacuums Cleaners Cloning

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“When you see a close person you know pass in front of your eyes, it's hard core. After all that, I just wanted to enjoy every day. That was my goal. And to give thanks and to live fully.”

Knows Giving Persons Hard Eye Wanted Enjoy Goal Fronts Core Thanks Hard Core

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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.”

People Helping Feelings Happens Attention Crazy Busy Pay Attention Whatever Happens Entourage Inner Feelings

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“I bought [John Lennon's] 'Plastic Ono Band,' and I listened to it over and over for months. It's a monumental work of genius.”

Months Genius Band Plastic Lennon

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“I had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock.”

Knows Book Ideas Bigs Games My Own Rocks Hunger No Idea

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“My mom and dad would take me all over. One night we'd be at the Apollo watching James Brown, and then I'd be at the Joffrey Ballet. It was that kind of scene.”

Kind Night Mom Dad Scene My Mom Brown Take Me Ballet Apollo One Night Mom And Dad

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“I want to do interiors, furniture. I want to do architecture, although I'm not an architect. Nor am I a trained interior designer.”

Want Architecture Designer Architect Interiors Furniture Interior Designer

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“I just live my life and try to be present.”

Trying Living My Life Just Live

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“I don't pull, I just receive.”

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“You can start something, do it, and believe that that's what you're doing, but then the inspiration comes and it's like, "Nope, this is what it is."”

Believe Inspiration

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“The most important thing for me is the moment, going from one thing to the next and hitting all the different levels and different points that make the whole what it is.”

Important Different Whole Moments Next Levels One Thing Important Things Hitting Different Levels

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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.”

Feels Mind Body Spirit Felt Creative

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“Don't take it so seriously.”

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“When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to feel so comfortable and at ease. I want them to become inspired to live and feel better.”

People Want Feels Creative Environment Comfortable Creating Inspired Ease Feel Better Interiors Creative Freedom

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About the Author

Born: May 26, 1964
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 201

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