Art Quote by Big Freedia

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

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

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

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

I'm an artist who happens to be gay.

— Big Freedia

I started travelling doing shows everywhere to make people feel like a sense of New Orleans wherever they may be.

— Big Freedia

I can't pull back. I'm 6 foot 3, I'm tall, and I'm gay. I light up the room.

— Big Freedia

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

I grew up in a Baptist church my whole life.

— Big Freedia

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

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

Twerking is definitely from New Orleans.

— Big Freedia