“The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you ...” — Big Freedia Quote

“The best times I've had backstage are when you have people around you who genuinely love you, respect your privacy, and have your back - that's what it's all about.”

“When I was little I was into gospel music.”

“I loved listening to music around the house with my mom on Saturday mornings when we would clean up.”

“Some issues just need to be dealt with - that we're still dealing with in the world, with police brutality and racism.”

“Housing vouchers are a vital lifeline for many people I know in New Orleans and around the country, including struggling artists.”

“Once I started rapping, I had to start dancing more. I had to really use my craft, and take everything I did for fun and put it into my professional shows.”

“I'm lucky in the sense that I can write wherever I am - on the bus, in the hotel room, backstage, sitting at home.”

“I see musicians like Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris as more than just musical icons: they are planets, with a gravitational pull - from how they flip their hair just-so when they bow, right down to their hearty backstage banter. It takes decades to learn the innuendos of being gracious and genuine all at once.”

“Prayer is God's backstage pass into a personal audience with Him.”

“I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the cast to the lighting people and to respect everyone in the theater and all the way down to the janitor. It's a part of my childhood. It's what I know really.”

“Theater was definitely part of my roots. My father would take me to plays, and then my mother was always on the lookout for other talent and taking me to see plays. I saw Frank Langella in 'Dracula'... Great, great performances. I was a theater rat, hanging out backstage.”