It's weird not to be weird.

The line plays on the idea that “weirdness” (difference, nonconformity, eccentricity) is not an exception but a basic human condition. Read this way, it flips the usual social hierarchy: what’s truly strange is pretending to be “normal,” because normality often requires suppressing individuality and complexity. Attributed to John Lennon, the sentiment aligns with his public embrace of unconventionality and skepticism toward social conformity, but the quote’s punch comes from its paradox—by making “not weird” the oddity, it encourages self-acceptance and tolerance of others’ quirks as the more realistic, humane baseline.