When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself. Layne Staley More Quotes by Layne Staley More Quotes From Layne 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 done jobs believe 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 pain hurt mistake I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go. Layne Staley i-can ifs want 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 dope hurt years 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 strongest persons drama 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 me. Layne Staley taken perfect home You my friend,I will defend,and if we change well, I love you anyway. Layne Staley wells my-friends love-you My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title. Layne Staley titles talent habit I'm dumbfounded by me all the time. Wow! What a.... thrill.....and a joy Layne Staley wow thrill joy 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 thumbs-up writing thinking If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead Layne Staley my-own feel-better feels Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing. Layne Staley drawing photography writing Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering. Layne Staley addiction light reality 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 shoes eye kids 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 shy real suffering I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied. Layne Staley denied has-beens wings We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that. Layne Staley nice real people 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 down-and song thinking 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 tired girlfriend two 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 careers perception song
