Lenny Kravitz and His Leather Workout Pants Are Celibate

Lenny Kravitz lives a rich tapestry of a life. He has released 12 studio albums, was married to Lisa Bonet from 1987 to 1993 (with whom he shares daughter Zoë Kravitz) and is rarely photographed without his signature sunglasses. Even at 60, his style is sharp enough to stop the collective internet in its tracks, as it did when he was spotted wearing leather pants during a workout in April. He is also celibate.

“It’s a spiritual thing,” he said in an interview with The Guardian published Thursday, clarifying that he wants to be in a serious relationship before getting physical, but that finding that person might be tough.

“I have become very set in my ways, in the way I live.”

For example: “Take last night,” Kravitz explained. “I worked all day, interviews, rehearsing into the night, get home at 11 p.m. I need to eat something. Now it’s 1 a.m. I didn’t get my workout. So I went to the gym and I did a 90-minute workout at 2 a.m. I don’t want to be in the gym at 2 a.m., but I know that I must…it’s part of my discipline—it’s about body, mind, and spirit. I want all of those three elements aligned. If my body’s in shape and my spirit and mind are not, then it’s just something nice to look at or to boast about. Who cares? For me, all of it has to be aligned. And I have to do the work it takes to have all of those in alignment so my being can be at its maximum.”

And as for looking younger than his age? “It’s a combination of genes, self-care, hard work, and discipline,” Kravitz said.

It’s been nine years since he’s been in a serious relationship, Kravitz revealed. In a recent CBS Mornings interview with Gayle King, he said, “Right now, I’m just open.”

When King asked whether he was searching for a partner, he confirmed, “It’s hard not to look. You know when you desire something you’re looking for it, right? But I find that when you don’t look is when you find it.”

“I’m at a place where I’ve said this for several years, ‘I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m ready,’” he said. But? “I wasn’t ready. I thought I was ready, right? But I can say that I’ve never felt how I feel now.”