Rolling Stone asked me to speak about Lana Del Rey. I wanted to know how big my participation in the piece would be--was it substantial or just a quote? Just a quote, they said, to which I replied that I wasn't super interested. Which was a lie. I have a lot to say about her, but no sound bites. You see, Lana Del Rey is exactly what I was hoping to inspire when I took on the male rock establishment almost twenty years ago with my debut record, "Exile In Guyville."

Let me break it down for you: she's writing herself into existence....