Culture Quote by Big Freedia

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

Since I'm born here, my music will always have some New Orleans elements.

— Trombone Shorty

Music and dance is part of everything in New Orleans. So I grew up appreciating it all.

— Dawn Richard

New Orleans just embraces people who love music.

— Mannie Fresh

There's so much music going on in New Orleans.

— Anthony Hemingway

My music was a mixture of everything New Orleans.

— Fats Domino

The music is just so rich and part of the culture there. I suddenly felt like I needed to go on this mission to…

— Harold Perrineau

New Orleans is just so full of culture in the music content - blues, folk. I was introduced to a lot of things. My…

— Luke James

All New Orleans music is based off dance music, even jazz.

— Trombone Shorty

New Orleans is like a big musical gumbo. The sound I have is from being in the city my whole life.

— Trombone Shorty

New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of…

— Wynton Marsalis

Everyone is unique to the way that they dance in New Orleans.

— Big Freedia