Layne Staley Quotations

We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.

I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.

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

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

A lot of power-pop comes out of LA, a lot of speed metal comes out of New York.

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

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

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

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.

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