Everybody knows that at a Freedia show, you're definitely going to have some crowd participation, and they're anticipating and waiting for that… — 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
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
The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you who genuinely love you, respect your privacy, and have… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
When I go shopping, I try to specify certain things for certain events, but most of the time, I have so much… — 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
I get DMs all the time: kids who don't know how to come out to their parents, parents who don't know how… — Big Freedia Copy Share Image
I'm a performer, so when I get to any space, I make it my own for that moment and have fun. — 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