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I didn't write it for anyone but Bonnie.

— Jim Steinman

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On the song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" having been written specifically for Bonnie Tyler, countering claims he had or would have written it for Meat Loaf; as quoted in Like a Bat Out of Hell: The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf (2017) by Mick Wall, p. 270

More quotes by Jim Steinman

It never felt so good, it never felt so right
And we're glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife.

Bat out of Hell (1977)

I've been called over the top. How silly. If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side.

And we’ll never be as young as we are right now

Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)

Every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by.

Faster Than The Speed of Night (1983)

I know that I'm gonna be like this forever
I'm never gonna be what I should
And you think that I'll be bad for just a little while
But I know that I'll be bad for good.

Bad for Good (1981)

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