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When everyone goes home, you're stuck with yourself.

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

Life

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.

We try to be real nice and friendly to people, but sometimes they take advantage of that.

Layne Staley

People

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.

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

There's no huge, deep message in any of the songs. We recorded a few months of being human.

There were a lot of drugs. We kinda just passed the time that way. For a couple of years we were all doin' anything we could get our hands on.

There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.

Layne Staley

Consequences

Drugs

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.

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.

One of the first bands to break out of Seattle was Heart.

Layne Staley

Heart

First

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

Girlfriend

Bed

My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title.

Layne Staley

Talent

Habits

Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.