“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… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“ROBERT ROTH: Going against the tide, no matter how gracefully, will beat you up after a while — all artists know this.” — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“KURT DANIELSON: [Kurt Cobain] was the most gifted and cursed. And also the most ferocious, innocent, and nicest. A bundle of extremes and opposites.” — greg prato Copy Share Image
“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,… — greg prato Copy Share Image
“NANCY LAYNE McCALLUM: An addict and a non-addict don’t think the same — their brains are wired completely differently. Only an addict can help… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“TRACY MARANDER: [Kurt Cobain] was a really good artist. He would draw cartoons with funny sayings. I have this huge picture of this homeless… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“[The Real Thing] But when it came time to Patton to lay down his vocals, Wallace was surprised to hear that Patton had opted… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“MARK ARM : Even if I did talk to [Layne Staley], I don’t know what I would have said. Seeing him so far down… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“CHRIS CAFFERY: I'd have to say that everybody's favorite old Scorpions song as a guitar player is "The Sails of Charon." That song is… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
“ALEX SKOLNICK: There were a few songs at that time that really captured a Middle Eastern sound. The technical name of that scale is… — Greg Prato Copy Share Image
![“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…” quote by Greg Prato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8ac/greg-prato-44887_addiction_mark-arm-even-if-i-did-talk-to-layne-sta_2445018.jpg)
![“KURT DANIELSON: [Kurt Cobain] was the most gifted and cursed. And also the most ferocious, innocent, and nicest. A bundle of extremes and opposites.” quote by greg prato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c4e/greg-prato-44887_kurt-cobain_kurt-danielson-kurt-cobain-was-the-most_588755.jpg)
![“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…” quote by greg prato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d72/greg-prato-44887_addiction_yanni-johnny-bacolas-i-would-always-tell_1060471.jpg)
![“TRACY MARANDER: [Kurt Cobain] was a really good artist. He would draw cartoons with funny sayings. I have this huge picture of this homeless guy, and it’s a satirical thing on how homeless people are mentally ill, they’re alcoholics, they had messed up childhoods — but they’re expected to fend for…” quote by Greg Prato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5a5/greg-prato-44887_art_tracy-marander-kurt-cobain-was-a-really_1831550.jpg)
![“[The Real Thing] But when it came time to Patton to lay down his vocals, Wallace was surprised to hear that Patton had opted to utilize a peculiar singing voice. Wallace: "He was singing really nasally and also, his pitch on record was not as good as I knew it could be. I was just like, 'Why don't…” quote by Greg Prato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/694/greg-prato-44887_faith-no-more_the-real-thing-but-when-it-came-time-to_2116509.jpg)
