Being gay and coming up in New Orleans was not easy. At first I was very terrified and very timid. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I'm always honored to see my music and New Orleans Bounce make its way into mainstream culture. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
For a long time a lot of people thought New Orleans wasn't a safe place and that it was very ratchet. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I'm a bounce artist, straight born and raised from New Orleans, Louisiana, and I love what I do. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I'm steady trying to make this bounce stuff mainstream and do some wonderful and great things for the culture of New Orleans. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as 'sissy bounce.' We don't separate it here in New Orleans at all. It's just bounce music. Just… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I've grown in tremendous ways with enhancing my music, my ability to perform on stage and travel all around to spread bounce… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Bounce is a primarily call-and-response style of hip-hop over a 'Trigger Man' beat. It's a New Orleans-created hip-hop style that developed in… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Everybody in the world now wants to twerk. We don't twerk here in New Orleans, we bounce, we wiggle, we wobble, we… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
It has to do a lot more than just twerking. It's feel good music; it makes people have a good time. It… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Twerking - and it's a lot more than twerking - comes from a long history of music and dance in New Orleans.… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Everything changed after Katrina. It's a new New Orleans now and I think it's better. It was a wake-up call and it… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I've worked tremendously hard to make things happen for New Orleans culture. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Housing vouchers are a vital lifeline for many people I know in New Orleans and around the country, including struggling artists. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
The first club that reopened in New Orleans was Caesar's, and they called me immediately and said let's do a regular night… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Everybody in the world now wants to twerk. We don't twerk here in New Orleans, we bounce, we wiggle, we wobble, we shake, we… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Once I started rapping, I had to start dancing more. I had to really use my craft, and take everything I did for fun… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I draw my strength from my mom, who passed away a few years ago. She taught me from the day I was just a… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as 'sissy bounce.' We don't separate it here in New Orleans at all. It's just bounce music. Just because I'm… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Bounce is taking flight all over the globe. New York especially, and L.A., Canada, Portland, Washington. It keeps getting bigger and bigger. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that at a Freedia show, you're definitely going to have some crowd participation, and they're anticipating and waiting for that moment. — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
Everything changed after Katrina. It's a new New Orleans now and I think it's better. It was a wake-up call and it rebuilt and… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
