Layne Staley Quotes

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

I sing like a lark.

I saw all the suffering that Kurt Cobain went through. I saw this real vibrant person turn into a real shy, timid, withdrawn person.

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a ... thrill ... and a joy

I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied.

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

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

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.

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

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

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

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

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.

What do you mean, I'm a wild front man! I'm jumping all over, I do the dance moves ...

We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity.

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

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

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

I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them. I didn't want fans to think heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen.

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

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

It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed ... just as much as anyone else is.

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.

People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't talked to anyone in years, and every single article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this- that ain't my title ... my bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and talents are my title.

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.

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.

You my friend,I will defend,and if we change well, I love you anyway.