A biography for Justin Tranterhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't like labels.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Truly saying sorry is never easy to do, and when you are, you just hope it's not too late.”
“I think that because we have these big female pop stars, people forget that women and marginalized people are so underrepresented in this business.”
“We really like L.A. because it really likes rock and roll.”
“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.”
“In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years.”
“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.”
“The bullying was so bad that I got to go to the arts high school instead.”
“For me, as a performer or a songwriter, Stevie Nicks is always a huge inspiration as well as Iggy Pop.”
“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.'”