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Some people use 'crazy' or similar terms as an excuse for their social phobias. They think that if they can't get along with other people, they can be eccentric and use that as a substitute/explanation.
Some people think I'm crazy because I don't operate in the normal mode. I'm very straightforward, I am honest even when it hurts me, and I hardly ever take things more serious than the situation warrants (ie, I can be serious, but don't judge most things to be as important as people seem to think they are). It all really stems from one thing, which is the simple fact that I realize that I get to define my own reality. I can be the person I want to be and do the things I want to do. I can choose the things that are important to me, and ignore the things that aren't.
I don't think I'm crazy. I think I just have a different perspective. It's odd to me that so many people seem to equate one with the other.
Matthew Vita: Why the obsession with genres? Just write your music. Use the inspiration and let it come. Other people will apply enough labels to it, so you don't really need to worry about that part.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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