Remembering Layne

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

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

• At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music. ~ Layne Staley

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

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

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

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

• I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available. ~ 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

• I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go. ~Layne Staley

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

• I sing like a lark. ~ Layne Staley

• I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15. ~ 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 wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna. ~ 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

• 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

• 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

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

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

• Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. ~ Layne Staley

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

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

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

• There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use. ~ 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

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

• We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that. ~ Layne Staley

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

• We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves. ~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

• When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself. ~ Layne Staley