Lenny Kravitz Quotes

I know I'm not Freddie Mercury or Ann Wilson, and that's okay. You don't have to be a great singer to sing rock and roll. That's not what it's about.

After I saw Kiss on stage, I wanted my show to look like the fourth of July. The persona of Rick James was wild and crazy, sex, drugs and rock and roll.

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.

The best rock musicians are the most exciting people in the world.

I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.

I was a born rock n' roll sax player.

There is nothing wrong about being a rock n' roll guitar player.

Yeah, of course, there's always gonna be people with their own opinions about a female in rock music and men in rock music, but at the end of the day, it's just about being a good musician.

I saw Angus Young running around in a schoolboy uniform shredding on the guitar and just thought, 'That looks like a cool job.'

If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.

You start out playing rock 'n' roll so you can have sex and do drugs, but you end up doing drugs so you can still play rock 'n' roll and have sex.

I'm an okay drummer, I'm an okay bass player, I'm an okay keyboardist, and I'm a quite good guitar player.

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again.

We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

I always wanted to make rock music as well or as an element of what I do.

Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.

You can go on YouTube now and see young kids with massive technique. There's literally eight and nine year olds who can play amazingly. There's no limit to where you can take it.

You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they could come for the gay and stay for the musicianship. It's a live show; there's some rock stuff, too. Some rock and roll. Get ready.

For fun, I love to play the drums... poorly. I have a band, a bunch of theater nerds - we got together, and we're like, 'Let's play rock music for three hours and never take breaks.' We call ourselves The U.S. Open.

Being a rock and roll band is about spending time on the details so that you can hone your own identity.

I play guitar, bass, drums, piano, and pretty much any sort of stringed instrument - besides violin or cello.

I tried to play bass in a punk band once, and it was an absolute disaster. I can’t play anything. I don’t know what it is.

We went to see Lenny Kravitz last summer in Austin and he was awesome. His show was just awesome. I mean, like, when you see some of these great bands, you sit there and think, man, if only we were that tight, you know?

I would say that I'm very proud that Metallica plays heavy music - but equally proud that we don't think like a heavy-metal band.