Staley Quotes & Sayings

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. — Layne Staley

People have the right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you, but when I haven't talked to anyone in years, and every single article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this- that ain't my title ... my bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and talents are my title. — Layne Staley

I never planned out my life. Shit just happens. - Layne Staley — David De Sola

I wish I could just hug you all, but I'm not gonna. — 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

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

Sometimes life events break your heart. Even as you grieve, allow light to seep through the cracks, uplift, and illuminate a healing. Baby turtles emerge from the cracking of shells; new life can burst forth. Clear away all broken belongings as a metaphorical pathway fresh, loving experiences in uncharted waters. — Laura Staley

When you lose a beloved belonging, rather than being unkind to yourself, imagine finding it and feeling relief and joy. Sometimes when things get lost, it's a reminder to appreciate all you still have. The experience of reconnecting with something you love and use often increases one's sense of gratitude. — Laura Staley

I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a ... thrill ... and a joy — Layne Staley

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

It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed ... just as much as anyone else is. — Layne Staley

But you can't fault me on my footnotes. I've worked hard on them and they look pretty impressive. And almost all the sources I quote actually exist. I must confess, however, that the idea of putting footnotes in chapter 5, the autobiographical chapter, started out simply as a joke. Who but a biblical scholar would think of footnoting an autobiography? But the joke quickly got out of hand and become a significant part of that chapter. I plan someday to write a scholarly article consisting of a single sentence and a twenty-page footnote. — Jeffrey L. 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

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

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. — Layne Staley

A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there. — Dawn Staley

We Chase misprinted lies, We face the Path of time
And Yet I fight, Yet I fight This Battle all alone
No One to cry to, No Place to call home

My Gift of self is Raped, My Privacy is Raked
And Yet I find, Yet I find Repeating in my head
If I cant be my own I'd feel better dead — Alice In Chains

Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not. — Layne Staley

I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied. — Layne Staley

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

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

You can look in every direction and find a competition or an event going on. Even if you're not involved in playing one of the sports being offered, you can find anything you want to do. There's shopping, entertainment, all different types of people ... it's really a great atmosphere. — Dawn Staley

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

I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go. — Layne Staley

When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself. — Layne Staley

We were rattled. A team like Rutgers, they play in spurts, and they didn't have a large spurt. We certainly knew we had it in us to get back in the game if we stayed focused. — Dawn 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

You my friend,I will defend,and if we change well, I love you anyway. — Layne Staley

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

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

Things didn't quite work out like we wanted them too, but ... we still have you, and you still have us. — Dawn Staley

What do you mean, I'm a wild front man! I'm jumping all over, I do the dance moves ... — Layne Staley

The town stood witness to her fall As she crashed to the earth Exposed and utterly vulnerable Her secret lives, lies and truths Stained her skin and lay in mounds at her feet Her foes sat in judgment as a jury, But love came . . . with gentle hands Love dried her tears Love covered her shame Love sheltered her with compassion Love accepted her anyway Love embraced her Love welcomed her home. — Deborah Grace Staley

When you maintain long-term relationships with the people and things you value most, this dedication reveals worth, reliability, trustworthiness, beauty, and integrity. Be someone who adds value and cares for cherished loved ones and belongings in this moment or for life. — Laura Staley

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

MARK ARM : Even if I did talk to [Layne Staley], I don't know what I would have said. Seeing him so far down the line on this trajectory that he had set for himself made me queasy. It seemed to me like once he discovered heroin, he decided he was going to fully embrace it. Based on the songs on Dirt, he just jumped in. There was no turning back. It was unfortunate and pathetic. That was the myth he made for himself, and he was living it out. — Greg Prato

Shivering as she gripped the handle, she looked around the cabin one last time. The uneasiness was still there. Why wouldn't it leave her be? — Deborah Grace Staley

I wrote about drugs, and I didn't think I was being unsafe or careless by writing about them. I didn't want fans to think heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen. — Layne Staley

Too many things in too small a space cut off flow, block creativity, and bury beauty, much like a bad cold can make it hard to breathe. Remove things from this space today. — Laura Staley

I like the challenge of getting players to rise to certain levels, but that's the easy part. The biggest challenge is to get them to believe in what we're doing. They have to understand that it's O.K. to have good days and bad days. — Dawn Staley

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York. — 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 Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It just seemed like things were getting out of hand. Incidents where kids were getting shot, and getting their tennis shoes ripped off their dead bodies. It just seems like these kids are dying at younger and younger ages and getting involved in gang activity. — Layne Staley

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

She started to turn away, then turned back. She said: 'They did it [September 11] in the name of God, but there is no God. If there was a God, Mr. Staley, He would have struck all eighteen of them dead in their boarding lounges with their boarding passes in their hands, but no God did. They called for passengers to get on and those fucks just got right on. — Stephen King

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

Pets bring vital energy to our homes and lives. Pets communicate many messages about love and connection. Care tenderly for all pets throughout their precious lives. The interspecies dance of love softens and expands the heart. — Laura Staley

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves. — Layne Staley

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

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15. — Layne Staley

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

YANNI "JOHNNY" BACOLAS: I would always tell him, "Layne [Staley], why don't you take off, go to some deserted island, hire the best counselors, and just kick this shit? Go for six months if you have to." And his rebuttal was, "Johnny, I have celebrity status and I have a lot of money. I could fly planes out to deliver me the dope if I wanted to - and that's what I would do. I can't escape. — Greg Prato

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

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

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

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

Sure God's all powerful, but does he have lips? — Layne Staley

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

A curiosity . . . no, a need for a different kind of communion. One with people not of the mountain, but rather the outsiders of the Ridge. She couldn't explain the call of Angel Ridge. Women before her, like her mother, had experienced the same longing, had tried to assimilate with the people below the mountain and had been cruelly rejected, returning to the mountain to live a singular existence. — Deborah Grace Staley

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

I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this sh-. It's a very difficult thing to explain. My liver is not functioning and I'm throwing up all the time and shitting my pants. The pain is more than you can handle. It's the worst pain in the world. Dope sick hurts the entire body. — Layne Staley

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. — Layne Staley

Some people seem safe and comfortable to be with in the early interactions, but overtime you notice this isn't the experience. Know you can trust yourself and use discernment to determine whether a relationship works for your life now. If it doesn't, simply walk away with grace and clarity about who you are and the people you want to spend time with. — Laura Staley

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

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

science cannot be regarded as an entirely detached, disinterested enterprise. To undertake scientific inquiry itself reflects a certain kind of commitment and a certain judgment about what is worth doing. Deciding what kind of scientific inquiry to conduct and how to carry it out requires further evaluative deliberation. Whatever further roles contextual values might play, the securing of evidence and the susceptibility of conclusions to error-probing and transformative criticism demand that those roles be laid bare. For such an undertaking, a partnership of philosophers and scientists may prove fruitful, or even essential. — Kent W. Staley

I'm not into religion, but I have a good grasp on my spirituality. I just believe that I'm not the greatest power on this earth. I didnt create myself, because I would have done a hell of a better job. — Layne Staley

Grady's a man of action who craves excitement and needs plenty of activity, and he's seen precious little of either in the ten or so years he's been our sheriff. Well, let's just say that since Candi Heart came to town, he's had plenty to keep him busy, what with the stream of crimes that follows her around. And then there's the mystery surrounding the woman herself. Suffice to say, Candi's not quite what she appears and leave it at that. — Deborah Grace Staley

We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that. — Layne Staley

I saw all the suffering that Kurt Cobain went through. I saw this real vibrant person turn into a real shy, timid, withdrawn person. — Layne Staley

I sing like a lark. — Layne Staley

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

Sometimes you have to let go of a career you love, a beloved home, or a loved one. Take time to grieve a loss of this nature. If you find yourself disoriented, consider surrounding yourself with people who see your strengths, goodness, gifts, and talents. They will help you find your way. — Laura Staley