"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy"
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The line works because it speaks in plural. Not “I,” but “we.” That’s a pop move with political consequences: it converts personal desire into a shared identity, a crowd that can’t be dismissed as one person’s delusion. It also lets listeners step into the sentence, to borrow Trevi’s backbone for their own risky wants.
Context matters because Trevi’s public life has been marked by extreme scrutiny, scandal, and reinvention. In that light, “we are not crazy” isn’t a defensive plea; it’s a reclaiming of credibility on her own terms. The subtext is blunt: you can call us anything to keep us quiet, but we’re still here, still building. The dream survives the sneer.
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Trevi, Gloria. (2026, January 16). A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-thought-this-dream-must-be-132321/
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Trevi, Gloria. "A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-thought-this-dream-must-be-132321/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"A lot of people thought this dream must be madness, but we are not crazy." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-lot-of-people-thought-this-dream-must-be-132321/. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.












