Layne Staley Quotes

• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.

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• I sing like a lark.

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

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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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• 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 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.

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

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• Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this – that ain’t my title.

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• Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I’m using or not.

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

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

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

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• A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

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

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Layne Staley (38)

Birth:	22nd August, 1967
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Singer

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