Meat Loaf Biography

On his career:

“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.”

On himself:

“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.”

“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.”

“The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery!”

On music:

“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.”