 According to Meat Loaf , he and Steinman only had one " big fight " throughout the album 's production , which occurred during the mixing of " Life Is a Lemon " . Production took a long time ( see above ) , mainly because of the length of the songs . The singer says , " Jim 's songs may be miniature operas , but they 're always too long for radio . " Steinman fought with Kovac over the edit of " I 'd Do Anything for Love " , with the manager advising that radio stations were unlikely to play anything over five minutes long . 
