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Layne Staley
American
Musician
About the author
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,
American
Musician
#Time
#Makeup
I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Singing
I sing like a lark.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Nothing
#Rumors
I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Want
We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
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,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Thinking
Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Career
#Music
Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Writing
#Photography
#Music
My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Talent
#Habits
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,
American
Musician
#Bed
#Girlfriend
One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Heart
#First
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,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Life
#Day
#Perception
#Meaning
#Careers
People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Right
#People
#Questions
#Deep
There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Consequences
#Drugs
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,
American
Musician
#Time
#Years
#Drugs
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Being
#Deep
#Months
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,
American
Musician
#Time
#Kids
#Learning
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,
American
Musician
#Death
#Friends
#Quiet
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#People
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,
American
Musician
#Play
#Today
#Friends
#Music
#Intimacy
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,
American
Musician
#Life
When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Home
We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Thought
#Night
Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Life
#Light
#Suffering
#Drugs
A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Power
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Death
#Drugs
#Wood
Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Being
Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Life
#Work
#Will
#Effect
#Rest
#Drugs
Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
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,
American
Musician
#Want
#Drugs
I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Cause
#Pain
#Suffering
I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.
Layne Staley,
American
Musician
#Home
#Music
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,
American
Musician
#Internet
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,
American
Musician
#Life
#Home