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" 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. "

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" Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be really miserable. "

Justin Tranter

Accepting

You

Miserable

" 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. "

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

" If I'm hanging out with my friends or I'm working out, I'll listen to female singer-songwriters from the '90s because that's where my heart lies. "

" 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. "

" You can tell if something feels special. But there are so many moving parts involved in making the song a hit. The radio has to deliver, the management has to deliver in terms of booking the right promotions... just being a good song isn't enough. "

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

" The beauty of letting marginalized people tell their own stories is it isn't only the right thing to do socially, but it's also the right thing to do financially. People love the truth, and people like to spend money on the truth. "

" I'm a walking political statement. "

" Good art should be polarizing. "

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

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

Justin Tranter

Really

Loved

" When we were starting out as a band in New York, we played a concert at a small club early on and asked Lady Gaga to open for us. We were big fans, and she had the same kind of approach to music as we did: not taking everything so seriously and just having fun. "

" In every school, there's always the kid who gets it the worst, and I was, for sure, that kid. Every time you had to get in a line that was boys and girls, it was like my worst nightmare. A lot of kids I know got made fun of for being gay; that was not my issue: I was just called a girl endlessly. "

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

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

Justin Tranter

Rock And Roll

Rock

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

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

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

" 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. "

Justin Tranter

Way

Music

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

" 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. "

" My artist career failed pretty miserably multiple times. "

" My existence is rock n' roll. "

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

" 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! "

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

" Most of my friends are my friends because they inspire me. "

Justin Tranter

Because

Friends

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

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