Layne Staley

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I sing like a lark.

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

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

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

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.

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.