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" 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

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" I worked at a jewelry store to pay the bills when I first moved to N.Y.C., and I always loved the phrase 'Semi Precious.' So I wanted to just call the band Semi Precious, but my dad told it was kinda sissy, so I added Weapons. "

" The only thing that's serious to me about music is making sure marginalized people are included in the story. "

" 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 existence is rock n' roll. "

" Good art should be polarizing. "

" My artist career failed pretty miserably multiple times. "

" 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. "

" 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

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

" I was born into the most amazing family an underdog could be born into, and I was born into the LGBTQ community. And what a beautiful community we are. The art, the music, the fashion, the brains, the fight, the survival skills, the diversity, male, female, non-binary, Gender Non Conforming, cis, trans, femme, and all races. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 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! "

" I don't like labels. "

Justin Tranter

Labels

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

Justin Tranter

Because

Friends

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

" I really do pride myself on being able to help other people tell their stories and bring out the best in them. But I still, every song I'm writing, I still need to relate to it. I still need to find my true self in it, or else it'll feel dishonest. I mean, everything has a queer meaning as far as I'm concerned. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" A little makeover never hurt nobody. "

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