Flashback to 2013. Lena is fifteen. Lena turns her Pandora on one day, and hears a Ramones song. Lena becomes obsessed with the Ramones. She goes to the Salvation Army, buys the first black leather jacket she sees, and hasn't taken it off since.

This is for Keba Si Rota's Draw My Music, Win My Music challenge. When I read the title "Fell In Love With A Rock Star", I thought, "Oh, I've been there". I've had so many moments in my life where a rock band or a song just clicked for me, and it made me see everything differently. I've had so many moments like that. I could have chosen the time I listened to the same U2 song over and over again because it was just so perfect and made me want to be a rocker when I grew up. I could have chosen the first time I heard a punk rock song. I could have chosen the ridiculous Beatles obsession I went through in the seventh grade. I could have chosen four-year-old me telling a room full of distinguished grown-ups at my parent's college reunion that my favorite song was Diamond Dogs by David Bowie (true story ). But I decided to go with the Ramones because heck, it's the Ramones. I mean, I really did buy a black leather jacket because I wanted to look like a Ramone! I've done paintings of them, I play their songs, I even named my blog after a Ramones song. They're kind of a big deal, y'know? Anyway, where I was going with this was that rock and roll is a big deal. Keba, I wish you all the best in your journey to rock stardom. May you inspire love and fun and excitement and ridiculous rock star anecdotes and just generally be a badass. It's a big, mean, awful world. We need more rock and roll.