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" 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. "

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Justin Tranter

Visionary

Greatest

Music

" My success happened pretty late in life. I can't even believe it happened. "

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

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

" I feel like there is a lot of homophobia and misogyny in the music business, and I feel like I've gotten to a place where I've broken down a lot of those doors. "

" The one time I shot a gun, the feelings I felt, I was guilty for feeling them. There is an exhilaration and a glamour, and I felt awful for feeling that. "

" I am a genderless sea creature who has been writing and studying music since I was 12. "

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

" 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. "

" If you think of 'Chandelier,' Sia's singing her heart out about all those moments before she got sober, and that's one way to convey emotion and make people hear every word. "

" 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

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

" My choice of shoe upsets people a lot more than my filthy mouth. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

" In some ways, it's more rewarding to hear someone interpret a piece of music that you're a part of. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love myself. I love my friends. "