Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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.

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
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
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
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
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
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
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
Layne Staley

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!

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
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
Layne Staley

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.

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

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

Layne Staley
Layne Staley

I sing like a lark.