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" I love to give the song away - it's so exciting - where, I think, a lot of younger songwriters, they struggle with that. And it's a big struggle, where they want the shine and they want people to know that it was their idea and it was their doing. But luckily, I've been through that, so I can just focus on helping other people do their thing. "

Justin Tranter

Shine

Struggle

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

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

" I was borderline deluded to think something as outrageous as Semi Precious Weapons could have been mainstream. "

" We really like L.A. because it really likes rock and roll. "

Justin Tranter

Rock And Roll

Rock

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

" When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and the news doesn't specifically affect that. "

" In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years. "

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

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

" I'm fortunate that I have a female publisher, and her boss is a man of color. My world is a little more diverse, but the majority of the business is not diverse at all. "

" I really want queer kids to know that our experience is universal. "

" For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop. "

" I know that it's my queer perspective that's helping people make songs that the world is listening to. "

" I really loved Kygo and Selena Gomez's 'It Ain't Me.' "

Justin Tranter

Really

Loved

" Beyonce, Stevie Nicks, Ani DiFranco, Cardi B - Women tell awesome stories. "

" I don't like labels. "

Justin Tranter

Labels

" This is the dream: to make money off of what you love. "

" Music spoke to me when I was young in such an intimate, empowering, magical way, and I think that music is already doing that for young queer kids. "

Justin Tranter

Think

Doing

" If a song is being written for a woman, there should be a woman in the room collaborating. "

" The larger streaming grows, the less money there will be to get the music out there, which, to me, is the sad part. "

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

" When I saw Courtney Love in 1994, I knew what I wanted to do. The minute I saw a female-fronted rock n' roll band, that changed my life. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of writers don't know what it feels like to get on stage. They don't understand the weight that songs can carry. I got a chance to play all these shows. I got a chance to define myself through music, so when it comes to helping other people figure out what they should say, I've been through it. "

" A couple of days working with Joe Jonas, I thought, 'This guy is a slayer of a singer; he's really funny, goofy, and sexy. We need to write that.' And that led to 'Cake By The Ocean.' "

" I'm so grateful for my endless delusion. "