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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.