Quotes By Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
Layne Staley
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
Layne Staley
Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
Layne Staley
Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.
Layne Staley
I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.
Layne Staley
We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
Layne Staley
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
Layne Staley
Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley
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.
Layne Staley