Layne Staley Quotes

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Layne Staley

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 22, 1967

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

Layne Staley

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

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

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

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Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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!

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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.

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I sing like a lark.

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

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

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We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

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

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Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering.

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