Layne Staley Quotes - Page 2

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• 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

  Song, Careers, Perception

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

  Layne Staley

  Home, Guy, Interest

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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.

  Layne Staley

  Beer, Drug, Want

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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?

  Layne Staley

  Hiv, Internet, Aids

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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.

  Layne Staley

  Drug, Effects, Huge

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

  Layne Staley

  Fake People, Rumor, Havens

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

  Layne Staley

  Night, Crowds, Slayer

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

  Layne Staley

  Song, Months, Messages

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• We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

  Layne Staley

  Writing, Knows

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

  Layne Staley

  Different, Being Me

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• Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.

  Layne Staley

  Towns, Los Angeles

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• 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, Today, Intimacy

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

  Layne Staley

  Hurt, Reality, People

  "Alice in Chains: To Hell and Back". Interview with Jon Wiederhorn, www.rollingstone.com. February 8, 1996.

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• 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

  Couple, Hands, Years

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

  Layne Staley

  Drug, Woods, Week

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

  Layne Staley

  Heart, Break Out, Band

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• I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.

  Layne Staley

  Trying, Liz, My Sister

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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.

  Layne Staley

  Children, Quiet Person, Excited

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• There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

  Layne Staley

  Drug, Use, Lasting

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

  Layne Staley

  Dope, Titles, Whiskey

  "Alice in Chains: To Hell and Back". Interview with Jon Wiederhorn, www.rollingstone.com. February 8, 1996.

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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.

  Layne Staley

  Makeup, Band, Glam

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

  Layne Staley

  Passion, Careers, Desire

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• 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

  Kids, Differences, Gone

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

  Layne Staley

  Rooms, Hospitality, Hotel Rooms

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

  Layne Staley

  Sight, Singing, Playing Drums

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