Quotes By 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.

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.

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.

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.

I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned that I was dead. Where else would I find these things?

I sing like a lark.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

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