As a kid, you know, by the time I was like five - seven - eight, I didn't really get it....

Lenny Kravitz:
I've been coming to The Carlyle since I was about three - four years old. I grew up blocks away from here. I grew up at 5 East 82nd Street and my parents were very close with Bobby Short. I was brought to this room as a small child, made to put on a suit, which I didn't like, which I remember it was very itchy. And I used to sit in this room and listen to Bobby Short. Bobby Short:
[archival footage singing]
Someday, When I'm awfully old, And the world is cold, I will feel a glow, Just thinking of you, And the way you look tonight... Lenny Kravitz:
As a kid, you know, by the time I was like five - seven - eight, I didn't really get it. And, you know, you're in a room full of adults, it's quiet, it's dark, and, you know, Bobby's playing Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin and so forth; but, one day, I got it. I understood it. And, I fell in love with Bobby and this room