Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

A little makeover never hurt nobody.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

The Knife can't stop cloaking brilliant pop songs in voodoo jam blankets.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

Gaga the person is much like Gaga the celebrity. She is very sweet, loyal, and funny with her fans, and she is very sweet, loyal, and funny with her friends. On stage, she is over-the-top, ridiculous, dirty, and genuine on stage, and she is very over-the-top, ridiculous, dirty, and genuine with her friends.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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
Justin Tranter

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.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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
Justin Tranter

I didn't want a day job anymore, so I somehow made the jewelry line work. Now that I look back on it, it was, like, the dumbest idea ever. Everyone and their mother has a jewelry line, so in retrospect, maybe not the smartest fallback plan. But it ended up working out great!

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

'World Is Our Playground' is a big room banger that makes you wanna check into a hostel and call Mike Taylor.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

My fashion is inspired by Tina Turner and Sharon Stone.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

I've had the experience of going through homophobia in my work, and I can share my experiences so future generations don't have to deal with what I've dealt with.

Justin Tranter
Justin Tranter

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.