Malvina Reynolds Quotes

“They don't know my head's full of me
And that I have my own special thing,
And there's no hole in my head.
Too bad.”

“I don't mind failing in this world,
I'll stay down here with the raggedy crew,
'Cause getting up there means stepping on you,
so I don't mind failing in this world.”

“Love is something if you give it away,
Give it away, give it away.
Love is something if you give it away,
You end up having more.
It's just like a magic penny,
Hold it tight and you won't have any.
Lend it, spend it, and you'll have so many
They'll roll all over the floor.”

“And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.”

“If you are a piano,
You will laugh on ev'ry string,
And if you are a girl or boy,
You'll sing.”

“Little man stood at the Mayor's door,
No one had ever seen him before,
Dressed in clothes of a gayer mood
Than ever are seen in Hollywood.”