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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
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Kirkland
Washington
Layne Thomas Staley
Layne Rutherford Staley
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Los Angeles, I don't like that town. Too decadent, and it's slimy.
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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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When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.
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I'd like to fly, but my wings have been so denied.
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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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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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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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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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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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We survived a Slayer crowd every night for about 50 days and thought we could do about anything after that.
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Every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this - that ain't my title.
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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 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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One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.
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I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.
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You my friend,I will defend,and if we change well, I love you anyway.
Layne Staley
I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
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Sure God's all powerful, but does he have lips?
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It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.
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Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.
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