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.

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

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.

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

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

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