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" For me, as a kid desperate to make music, I thought the only way I could do it was to try to be a superstar - which is a fun thing to be, but it can be exhausting and degrading. "

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" Young women should be telling stories of other young women. And if the superstar who is an amazing storyteller isn't a writer, that's totally fine, but we should get a young female writer in the room to work on that song with us. "

Justin Tranter

Women

Amazing

" I thought I was a superstar at 12. "

Justin Tranter

Thought

Superstar

" I'm not famous. I work with famous people. "

" Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it's not too late. "

" I'm so connected to the community that I was lucky enough to be born into. "

" My mom has a big ol' crush on Arne Duncan, so I hear about and see pics of him all the time. I think he could look great in heels! "

" A man in high heels is the most dangerous thing in the world. "

" Good art should be polarizing. "

" It's interesting to see the more femme that you present yourself, the more people sort of dehumanize you. "

" When you are born gay, you are born into a rich culture of politics, music, and art, but you are also a minority in your own home. "

" I love myself. I love my friends. "

" The bullying was so bad that I got to go to the arts high school instead. "

" I wouldn't want to write a song in a pair of sneakers. I think it would be a horrible song. "

" Before anything else, my favorite thing as a fan of music was to make up my own story as to what it means. "

" I've experienced some really very obvious, direct homophobia - when I was still trying to be an artist, behind the scenes, being told to be less gay, be less feminine. "

" I was very lucky that my family really supported me in exploring my femininity when I was young, and so it was a joyous thing. "

Justin Tranter

Family

Young

" I'm a walking political statement. "

" Pop just means popular - it can be any genre, and if it becomes popular, then it's pop music. "

" Even though L.A. can be kind of tacky, when a city's big draws are The Roxy and the Viper Room, you know its pretty amazing. "

" For me personally, I'm anti-gun and always have been and always will be. But I'm definitely not someone who is looking to abolish the Second Amendment. I think we're definitely interpreting it wrong. "

Justin Tranter

Looking

Always

" I shot a gun one time in New Zealand. An entertainment news program there thought, since the band was called Semi Precious Weapons, they would bring us to a gun range. "

" I won't do press anymore unless I can talk about the homophobia and let queer people know our ideas are mainstream. "

" I just didn't really relate to Kurt Cobain. There was nothing very glamorous about him. "

" I want to make sure in every song we write that women are given power. "

" I'm really proud of 'Kissing Strangers.' "

" For the most part, it's straight white men running these labels and publishing companies. "

" The fans that fall in love with you at the show are always the most passionate. "

" People are always quick to judge SPW because of the fact that I wear heels. For me, I just have no choice. This is just how I feel beautiful and how I feel awesome. I would just be so uncomfortable onstage if I was wearing something else. "

Justin Tranter

Judge

People

" I like to make glamorously informed songs for glamorously intelligent people. "

" Under-sung vocals can be very sexy because of the intimacy, but they can be just as heartbreaking for the same reason. "