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