If I Would...Could You?

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

— Layne Staley

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…

— Layne Staley

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

— Layne Staley

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

— Layne Staley

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

— 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

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

— 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

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…

— Layne Staley

I sing like a lark.

— Layne Staley

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

— Layne Staley

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

— 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,…

— 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