When she wrote Exile in Guyville, Phair was a 20-something living in Chicago’s Wicker Park, unemployed but making art, and crashing with her then-boyfriend in a grimy apartment.
That’s when she found a tape that would change her life: The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St.
Liz Phair On Demanding A Voice In 25 Years Of ‘Guyville’
Source: NPR