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.

Quote by Layne Staley

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Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.

Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

I don't do much else but stay in my hotel room.

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.

I haven't read anything but regurgitated rumors. Nothing new, and nothing true.

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

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

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and...

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and...

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then...

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then...

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

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

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other...

Music is the career I'm lucky enough to get paid for, but I have other...

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my...

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my...

Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life,...

Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life,...

I sing like a lark.

I sing like a lark.

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

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

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....

It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play....

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

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

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

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

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers,...

I don't take part in it the way I used to-the bimbos, the free beers,...

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

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

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

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

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain,...

I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain,...