Meat Loaf Quotes

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 know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.

Who am I, why am I here? Forget the question, someone give me another beer.

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

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

Life is a lemon and I want my money back.

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.

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

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

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

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.

The angels had guitars before they had wings.

Everything is permitted, everything is allowed, and all our Gods we have outwitted, we are running with the crowd.

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.

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

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

Storm the castle Stem the tide Rise above yourself Cry baby cry Cry cry to heaven If that doesn't do it for you Go ahead and cry like hell

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

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.

In The Land of the Pig, The Butcher Is King

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

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.

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

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

I'd lie for you and that's the truth.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A lot of actors, they know the camera's there, and if somebody moves around or makes noise or whatever then they get all distracted, but I pretty much lock in. You can't distract me too much.

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

I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight.

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

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.

Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole.

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

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

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

There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.

In the early 1980s, I got into a war with my management - they just kept on sueing me and I lost everything. So I had to go out on tour to make sure the electricity stayed on.

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.

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

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

Don't worry about the future, sooner or later it's the past. If they say the feeling's gone then it's time to take it back.