Let Love Rule

基本信息

Format:Hardback 272 pages

Publisher:Henry Holt and Co.

Imprint:Henry Holt and Co.

ISBN:9781250113085

Published:6 Oct 2020

Weight:496g

Dimensions:163 x 241 x 30 (mm)

頁面參數僅供參考，具體以實物為準

書籍簡介

“我把我的故事看作是一套有着神奇聯繫的歌曲。直到我坐下來寫作，我才明白這種聯繫。就在那時，魔法開始流動。”

Let Love Rule是一部深刻反思的作品。蘭尼·克拉維茨以坦率、自我審視和幽默的方式回顧了他的一生。

“我的生活完全是對立的，”他寫道。“黑色和白色。猶太教和基督教。傑克遜五人樂隊和齊柏林飛艇樂隊。我接受了我雙子座的靈魂。我擁有它。我崇拜它。陰陽混合在我心靈和思想的各個部分，給了我平衡，激發了我的好奇心和安慰。”

Let Love Rule覆蓋了一幅巨大的畫卷，從曼哈頓的上東區、布魯克林的貝德福德-斯圖文森、洛杉磯的鮑德温山、貝弗利山，一直延伸到法國、英國和德國。

這是一個充滿創造力的孩子的故事，儘管他在學校裏艱難掙扎，在家裏極度緊張，但他在音樂中找到了救贖。

我們看到他成長為一個音樂家，最終成為一個創作大師、製作人和表演者。我們也看到了蘭尼的精神成長，以及精神在他的音樂中所發揮的強大作用。

蘭尼周圍的人物都很特別:他的父親賽(Sy)是一位位高權重的新聞高管;他的母親，Roxie Roker，是一位電視明星;和麗莎·波內，成為他的繆斯女神的年輕女演員。

當然，中心人物是蘭尼，儘管他有很大的抱負，但他拒絕了一筆又一筆的唱片合約，直到他找到了自己真正的聲音。

這個聲音的創造，這個聲音能夠向全世界的觀眾宣告“讓愛統治一切”，這就是這個故事的核心。

“無論是錄音、表演還是寫書，”蘭尼説，“我的藝術就是傾聽內心的靈感，然後與人分享。藝術必須讓世界更緊密地聯繫在一起。”

“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.”

作者簡介

蘭尼·克拉維茨（Lenny Kravitz），1964年5月26日出生於美國紐約市。

是當代最傑出的搖滾歌手之一，四屆格萊美*搖滾男歌手。

發行專輯有：Lenny Kravitz -《蘭尼·克拉維茨精選輯》 Lenny Kravitz -《Mtv Unplugged》 Lenny Kravitz -《Lenny》。

Lenny Kravitz has sold some fifty million records over a career spanning three decades.

David Ritz has collaborated with everyone from Ray Charles to Aretha Franklin.