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If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead

Layne Staley

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Layne Staley
Age: 34 †
Born: 1967
Born: August 22
Died: 2002
Died: April 5
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Kirkland
Washington
Layne Thomas Staley
Layne Rutherford Staley
Feels
Dead
Better
Feel

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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.
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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.
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I'm not doing well. Don't try to talk about this to my sister Liz. She will know it sooner or later.
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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.
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It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is.
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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!
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Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.
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One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
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We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.
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I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
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There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.
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Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.
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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.
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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.
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I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied.
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I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.
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When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
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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.
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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.
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People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.
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