A biography for Meat Loafhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“When your name is on the marquee, you either get the glory or you get the hits.”
“I don't talk about politics. Not getting involved in politics at all.”
“I really like Bruno Mars.”
“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.”