"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."
-May Sarton

It takes bravery, it shouldn't come easily, or maybe you're not really being yourself. The pressure, the tremendous pressure to be invisible, to blend into your surroundings makes it easy to be knocked down, and make you think that you don't have the right to be yourself. Who are you to _____? You're too young, too old, you're a woman, you're a man, you're not smart enough, you're too smart. Who are you to write? Who are you to sing? Who are you to speak your mind?
YOU don't need to justify yourself. About anything. And you have no obligation to answer those who question who you are. You have no duty to make excuses about who you are.