Lenny Kravitz Quotes

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

This record for the first time - feels like a record that really represents my whole entire life and instead of just a period of my life. And it is really kind of eye opening and it makes me feel really good to hear this record and hear all the years.

My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

My act is based on my life.

It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.

I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary.

The only theatre I do is my own. Somehow, my life is the only life that I can play.

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.

All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.

My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.

Singing is just another outlet to express what I feel and to show everyone who I really am. I really don't talk about my personal life that much in interviews because that's my life, but with music, the way I write explains who I am.

My music is a whole reflection of who I'm as an individual.

All my songs are where I am.

My music is about my life. If it's something that I've lived, then it's something that I've written about.

I started writing to save my life.

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.

I am so enriched because so much has happened in my life. The way I can express myself is because of the life I have led. It's only when you experience life can you emote it.

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them.

I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.

My lyrics come from my experiences growing up in life, trying to find out and express who I am. That's basically it. I'm not trying to be a prophet or anything like that. I'm just reflecting on life.

The roles that have come into my life have taught me - and in that time period maybe I didn't even know it, but whatever came up or whatever it is that you have to express at that time, has benefitted me in a particular way.