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I Always Try To Keep The Circumstances In My Life Fresh. I Like To Change The Physical Environment I Live In, Change The People Around Me And Try To Experience Things For The First Time. I Think That Keeps One On Their Toes, Creatively And Spiritually.

I've Always Had To Deal With Being Biracial, Even In Music. When I Came On The Scene, I'd Go To These Record Labels, And They'd Say Things Like, "lenny Kravitz. That's A Weird Name." I'm Brown-skinned And I've Got These Dreadlocks And I've Got This Jewish Last Name.

Working With Gabby [sidibe], I Realized Immediately That She Was Amazingly Talented. I Could Tell Just By The Way She'd Get Into The Role.

I'm Always Sort Of Reflecting On What I Do On What I've Done. Usually Before I Make A New Album, I'll Listen To The Previous Albums Just To See Where I've Been.

My Mother Always Told Me To Embrace Both Sides Of My Background. And She Also Taught Me One Very Useful Thing When I Was Going To First Grade. She Said, "you're Bahamian And African-american On One Side, And Russian-jewish On The Other. You're No More One Than The Other, And It's Beautiful That You Have All This. It Makes Your Life All The More Rich. But Society Will See You Only As Black."