Layne Staley quotes

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go. (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 me.
Layne Staley
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
Layne Staley
When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
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
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
Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.
Layne Staley
Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.
Layne Staley
I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.
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
My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. (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
We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.
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
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
Layne Staley
There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.
Layne Staley
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
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
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
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
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
People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
Layne Staley
A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.
Layne Staley
Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.
Layne Staley