Quotes By Layne Staley

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.

Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.

Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest.

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

Kurt and I weren't the closest of friends, but I knew him well enough to be devastated by his death. For such a quiet person, he was so excited about having a child.

There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on.

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.

I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted.But no matter where I go, I still come home me.

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about!

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.

We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.

Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers, free drugs, all that. That's still there if you want it, but I don't really seek that out any more.