Meat Loaf Quotes

We carry the flame for all to see, the fire and passion of what we can be.

I'm asthmatic. I was a lot bigger back then, and I still get winded on stage today. But I've learned how to pace it now. I have musical breaks in there.

It's like people call me a rock star or this or that. And I go, 'Don't call me that. I don't think of myself in those terms. If you have to call me anything, call me a chameleon.

I was lost til you were found, but I never knew how far down I was falling before I reached the bottom.

Life is a lemon and I want my money back.

I was cold and you were fire, and I never knew how the pyre could be burning on the edge of an ice field.

Maybe I'm damned if I do, but with every other beat I got left in my heart, you know I'd rather be damned with you.

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four.

It was always summer and the future called
We were ready for adventure and we wanted them all
And there was so much left to dream
And so much time to make it real

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.

There was a band in Australia named Midnight Oil, and they were a very, very political, and they literally hit you over the head with a hammer. U2 sometimes can hit you over the head with a rubber hammer.

In The Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King

A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.

My gigs are built on improvisation: I go out there and I'm like the Energizer bunny.

What about your school? It's defective, it's a pack of useless lies.

I know the territory, I've been around. It'll all turn to dust, and we'll fall down, and sooner or later you'll be screwing around.

I want you, I need you, but there ain't no way I'm every gonna love you. Now don't be sad, cause two out of three ain't bad.

If you push me, I'll shove, I'm masculine. When she wants to play rough, I'm masculine.

If the thrill is gone, it's time to take it back.

There has storm clouds come over the United States,

I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout.

You've been cold to me so long, I'm crying icicles instead of tears.

Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you.

There ain't no Coupe Deville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jacks box.

When I do film, I really take on roles and I take on characters.

Open your eyes, I've got a big surprise, it will feel alright, I want to make your motor run.

Some days it don't come easy
Some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all
And these are the days that never end

For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting.

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

As most people know, I am a vampire, so I have no reflection. Every day, I paste a picture of someone else on the mirror.

Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light.

I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That's my role in life, to be an outcast.

Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole.

I don't have a rock voice. I have to force it. I am like an opera singer.

You can lose yourself in pleasure, 'til your body's going numb, but will it ever be enough.

My life's far too complicated to be summed up in one song. It would take 20 just to represent one single day.

Dreams they come and go, but thoughts like love will always grow.

You can't run away forever but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start.

I swore I would love you 'til the end of time, so now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive.

Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.

'Hell in a Handbasket' is not dealing with the political nature of the country. It's dealing with the humanity and the compassion of the world.

There ain't no coupe de Ville hidin' in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.

You took the words right out of my mouth, it must have been while you were kissing me.

When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.

Rock n' Roll came from the slaves singing gospel in the fields. Their lives were hell and they used music to lift out of it, to take them away. That's what rock n' roll should do - take you to a better place.