Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz
Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz
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Let Love Rule

Bestseller

Author: Lenny Kravitz, David Ritz

Narrator: Lenny Kravitz

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2020


Synopsis

"This captivating audiobook purports to be about the musical development of the multitalented Lenny Kravitz... As he draws listeners into his world, however, listeners begin to see that he's talking about something broader than music: This deeply thoughtful man is talking about how his passion for learning and expressing himself was shaped." -- AudioFile Magazine

“I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow.”

Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor.

“My life is all about opposites,” he writes. “Black and white. Jewish and Christian. The Jackson 5 and Led Zeppelin. I accepted my Gemini soul. I owned it. I adored it. Yins and yangs mingled in various parts of my heart and mind, giving me balance and fueling my curiosity and comfort.”

Let Love Rule covers a vast canvas stretching from Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant, Los Angeles’s Baldwin Hills, Beverly Hills, and finally to France, England and Germany.

It’s the story of a wildly creative kid who, despite tough struggles at school and extreme tension at home, finds salvation in music.

We see him grow as a musician and ultimately a master songwriter, producer, and performer. We also see Lenny’s spiritual growth—and the powerful way in which spirit informs his music.

The cast of characters surrounding Lenny is extraordinary: his father, Sy, a high-powered news executive; his mother, Roxie Roker, a television star; and Lisa Bonet, the young actress who becomes his muse.

The central character, of course, is Lenny, who, despite his great aspirational energy, turns down record deal after record deal until he finds his true voice.

The creation of that voice, the same voice that is able to declare “Let Love Rule” to an international audience, is the very heart of this story.

“Whether recording, performing, or writing a book,” says Lenny, “my art is about listening to the inspiration inside and then sharing it with people. Art must bring the world closer together.”

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company


Reviews

Goodreads review by Crystal

Do yourself a favor and listen to the audiobook. I could listen to this man read the phonebook!!......more

Goodreads review by Rowan

I met Lenny Kravitz in 2012. He was everything I hoped he would be. He was humble, down to earth and put on a killer show. They say you should never meet your heroes - with Lenny, that proved untrue. However, now I’m starting to consider there could be a case for never reading your heroes. Let Love R......more


Awards

  • Barnes and Noble Best New Books of the Year