THRIVE 23
Maranda Pleasant: What truth do you know for sure?Lenny Kravitz: That love is the most powerful energy there is.mp: “Love is the most powerful energy there is.” I’m just going to let
that one sit for a second. It’s funny when we ask people that—“love”
is the only word that ever comes to mind. It’s like the one universal
thing that we know, even if it’s not always the thing that we live. Are
there any causes that you’re particularly passionate about?lk: Oh, so many. Let’s start with human interactions. I really believe
that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our
minds, using all that was given to us. 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.mp: So, what is it that makes you come alive and inspires you?lk: Life, you know, the moment. Where the magic is. That’s all.
That’s where this comes from. I just live my life and try to be
present. When I’m present in the moment and something comes,
I can capture it, because it doesn’t come from me—it’s out there.
So that’s what really keeps me motivated, alive, hungry. I’m still
as excited and motivated now as I was twenty-five years ago, and
that’s because I really live for those moments. And that’s where the
art comes from, that’s where the music is born, that’s where it all
appears. I love it.mp: What’s been one of your biggest life lessons so far?lk: To let go of the illusion that I’m in control. That’s an important
one, 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. I think, for me, my life is the
most fluid when I exercise that.mp: Do you believe that you channel? When you say that inspiration
comes to you?lk: Absolutely. Yeah. 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. 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.”mp: Is there anything you would say to this next generation coming
up, taking over the planet?lk: That’s a hard one. 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. 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.lennYKravitZ.coM | #letloveruleFoundation“
On His Raw Diet:
This journey is one of the most
incredible I’ve ever taken. The life
force is magnificent. It affects the
mental, physical, spiritual,
and the planet.
When I’m present in the moment
and something comes, I can
capture it, because it doesn’t
come from me—it’s out there.
Love is the most power fu
L energy there is.
”
Lenny
Kravitz