Meat Loaf

Marvin: Someone mentioned the possibility of Bat IV to me, and I just giggled. I don't know... this could be it. Once I'm locked into something like a Bat record, it becomes a real driving force and I become very motivated, but right now it's really difficult to imagine doing another one. I'm just really happy with this one.

(About the single 'It's All Coming Back to Me Now')
Marvin: That was originally supposed to be on Bat Out Of Hell II.
I wanted it to be a duet, and Jimmy said, 'Let's save it for Bat III.'
So, we were saving it, but then it was given to Celine Dion... and so, I was bound and determined to do it on Bat III because that's what it's purpose was, and I think we did a version that's different enough from Celine Dion's to warrant being on the record.

(About working on Bat Out Of Hell III)
Marvin: I thought Jim Steinman was tough and wants everything perfect, well... Desmond wants it even móre perfect and I didn't think that was possible. I've never worked so hard! I got a vocal coach for about four months and I've never done that before. But all the work really paid off because the vocals all sound great.

(About Bat Out Of Hell III)
Meat Loaf: The Bats are typically piano-based, and we still have plenty of piano, but I have a lot of guitar-based stuff as well. I've always been mentally more hard rock than I've shown on records before, and I think the concerts tend to be where that's come across. So I've pushed that this time. I was like, 'Hey, let's rock this sucker.' So, we did... and it scared the hell out of me

Translated from Dutch to English
Question from Veronica Magazine, Amsterdam, November 2006: Celine Dion or Meat Loaf?

Meat Loaf: Meat Loaf. Without doing Celine Dion wrong, though. But my single It's All Coming Back to Me Now was always meant as a duet, not a solo. I'm not all too happy that Celine once scored a hit with it, on her own.

(translated from Dutch to English)
Marvin (Meat Loaf): A Rock-Icon is what other people make of you, I'm just a person who makes music.