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
Bed, Been, Laid, Arrest
At home I'm just a guy who has interests that extend far beyond music.
- Layne Staley
Music, Guy, Far, Extend
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
My Life, Always, Cleanest, Dramas
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
Perfect, Always, Still, Perfect Life
When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
- Layne Staley
Home, Goes, Everyone, Stuck
Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.
- Layne Staley
Light, Suffering, Way, Fairy-Tale
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
Death, Excited, Having, Closest
A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.
- Layne Staley
New York, New, Lot, La
Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
- Layne Staley
Death, Weeks, Heavier, Andrew
I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
- Layne Staley
Think, Damage, Hardening, Brain Damage
One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
- Layne Staley
Break, First, Bands, Seattle
Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other desires and passions.
- Layne Staley
Career, Lucky, Other, Passions
I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna.
- Layne Staley
Wish, I Wish, Could, Hug
Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.
- Layne Staley
Music, Writing, Me, Doorway
We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.
- Layne Staley
Thought, Crowd, Slayer, Every Night
People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
- Layne Staley
Deep, Dig, Ask, Hurting
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
Changes, Day To Day, Our, Perception
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
Differences, Started, Each, Accommodate
Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.
- Layne Staley
Town, Los, Angeles, Los Angeles
We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.
- Layne Staley
Friendly, Take, Advantage, Be Real
My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.
- Layne Staley
Strength, Habits, Bad, Bad Habits
There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.
- Layne Staley
Still, Using, Paying, Prior
I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.
- Layne Staley
Hotel, Much, Else, Hotel Room
There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
- Layne Staley
Deep, Songs, Months, Recorded
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
Play, Very, About, Happening
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
Makeup, Buy, Glam, Band
I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
- Layne Staley
Singing, Started, About, Drums
I sing like a lark.
- Layne Staley
Sing, Like, Lark
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
Dead, Through, Learned, AIDS
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
Hands, Could, Couple, Kinda
I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
- Layne Staley
New, Nothing, Read, Nothing New
Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.
- Layne Staley
Rest, My Life, Using, Effect
I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.
- Layne Staley
Want, Go, Knew, Guess
Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.
- Layne Staley
Most, Anyone, Else, Guess
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
More, Part, Still, Seek
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
Thinking, Think, About, Wrote
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