Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule

by Lenny Kravitz, David Ritz

Narrated by Lenny Kravitz

Unabridged — 6 hours, 40 minutes

Let Love Rule

Let Love Rule

by Lenny Kravitz, David Ritz

Narrated by Lenny Kravitz

Unabridged — 6 hours, 40 minutes

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When things are hard at home, some people turn to music or some other creative release. Lenny Kravitz did just that growing up in a home with a powerful news executive for a father and a popular TV actress for a mother. Kravitz was creative in lots of other ways but music became his salvation. After stints on both coasts and in Europe, Kravitz masters his craft, becomes a fashion icon, marries a TV star himself, and has a daughter who has taken Hollywood by storm. But when you get to the end of this epic memoir, you’ll see that Lenny Kravitz is really just getting started.

"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


Editorial Reviews

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"In a new memoir, the rock musician breaks down the first 25 years of his life, when he found his sound, his voice and his commitment to love and nonviolence." The New York Times

Recommended by Essence, Vanity Fair, TIME, The New York Post, and The New York Times.

As seen in Rolling Stone, WWD, CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show, People Magazine, Men's Health, Interview and more.

JANUARY 2021 - AudioFile

This captivating audiobook purports to be about the musical development of the multitalented Lenny Kravitz. With its portraits of his Black mother, a TV star; his Jewish father, a media executive; and the fascinating group of A-list performers that crossed his path, it’s a memoir that musicians will inhale in one sitting. Narrating crisp and concise chapters, Kravitz has a resonant vocal tone and sounds intense and extemporaneous. 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. These reflections will inspire not only musicians but also artists in all creative disciplines who are trying to find their voice. T.W. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940177076713
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Publication date: 10/06/2020
Edition description: Unabridged
Sales rank: 799,662
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