Une interview donnée pour Plenty magazine en 2008 qui refait surface sur Mother Nature Network et où Lenny parle de la conscience et des actes écolos.

www.mnn.com/lifestyle/ecollywood/stories/lenny-kravitz-eco-star

For Lenny Kravitz, it’s all about love. In all its forms—personal, familial, religious, planetary—love has been the singular theme running through his nearly two decades of chart-topping music. Not surprisingly, then, he’s been called a hippie since Let Love Rule, his 1989 debut. Critics have fallen back on cliché again with his new release, It Is Time for a Love Revolution, for which he begins a world tour this May. But Kravitz wants the haters to get over it. In fact, he wants us all to get over it. “Since when did love, peace, taking care of your planet, taking care of each other, and not fighting just have to do with being a hippie?” he asks. “It’s not about hippies or the ’60s. It’s about right now.”

Disdaining labels of all kinds, Kravitz doesn’t want to be called an environmentalist either; he says he’s just another guy trying to make a difference, flaws and all. Plenty caught up with the singer in Paris to see how his colorful past is catching up with the green present.

1. Favorite place on earth My 1,000-acre organic farm in Brazil outside Rio de Janeiro. It’s completely self-sufficient. When you open the tap in the house, local spring water comes through the pipes. A waterfall from the spring turns a wheel to make electricity.
2. Environmental pet peeve [People] don’t understand their power as individuals. The love revolution is you. Whatever you put out into the world today should be love and peace. I am trying to live in love, so turn the damn light off. No, but seriously I love stereo products and technology, but when you’re done, they should shut down—the TV is off, but the red light is on. Standby mode drives me crazy
3. Eco hero Explorer Mike Horn circumnavigated the world along the equator to raise people’s awareness of the environment, to show them firsthand what’s going on. He’s not just talking about it but doing it, and sometimes on incredibly dangerous trips.
4. Topic that occupies way too much of his brain Finding a wife.
5. Favorite musician right now Gil Scott-Heron.
6. Green car of choice I sold all my cars. But did I get in a car today that is not a hybrid? Yes, I did. I have to be truthful. We’re all hypocrites sometimes.
7. Noteworthy eco sin The occasional private jet. I used to take them more, but I stopped. I fly as little as I have to. When I wasn’t touring, for example, I didn’t fly for almost two years.
8. Unheralded skill Design. But people are starting to hear about it through some projects I’ve done. I think my design talent is pretty equal to my musical talent.
9. Ideal carpool partners Barack Obama, Cornel West, Sade.
10. Title of his memoir-to-date The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Story by Adam Spangler. This article originally appeared in Plenty in July 2008

bon je n'ai pas tout compris, l'anglais reste un mystère pour moi , mais j'ai compris certaines choses
Merci Arkan je ne connaissais pas cet article

Merci ^pour l'article

Thank you !

Merci pour l'info. je ne connaissais pas son musicien préféré actuel ...Zik intéressante, voix chaude. j'aime : on peut écouter là : gilscottheron.free.fr/

J'avais déjà entendu parler de Gil Scott Heron lors de son passage à Paris y'a qqs années. Musique très sympa en effet avec une rythmique et la basse très présente ...ça me plait moi!!
La position écolo de LK??...je sais pas. Espérons que ce n'est pas un effet de mode (vous vous rappelez de l'histoire de son port de fourrure :024: ?). Il se sent concerné, un peu, comme beaucoup de gens, mais son créneau c'est surtout une harmonie entre les peuples, la paix et pas la guerre, et l'amour. Ceci dit, tout va ensemble et je trouve ça super qu'il parle d'écologie :D:) et se sente concerné par la "terre mère" qu'on laissera aux générations futures. J'aime beaucoup son concept de ferme auto-suffisante au Brésil. Ca c'est formidable! Pas étonnant pour un homme très respectueux à plein de niveaux et je pense , sincèrement, de tous les êtres vivants. Ne serait-il pas l'homme parfait :yes::love::rolleyes: ?
Son idée fixe de trouver la femme de sa vie :coeur::coeur: est omni-présente :eheh: à ce que je lis, alors...!!

Ouais merci Fred, c'est carrément bien Gil Scott Heron!!! Jazzy, groovy ça fait du bien!!!

Merci Fred pour le lien, il écoute de la bonne musique ce petit. :love: