84 Quotes by Layne Staley

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

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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