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Layne Staley Quotes

Total quotes: 7
“This fucking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive.”
— Layne Staley, Late Alice In Chains Singer Layne Staley's Last Interview Revealed In New Book
Tagged: Drug Use, insulin, Diabetes
“I know I’m near death. I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way. I know I have no chance. It’s too late. I never wanted the public’s thumbs’ up about this fucking drug use.”
— Layne Staley, Layne Staley's last interview
Tagged: Death, Crack, Heroin, Drugs
“I was about 20, and music became my only obsession to stay alive. I had the chance to throw out all this anger by the music in order to help others. It was therapeutic and worked for me for a while until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine.”
— Layne Staley, Layne Staley's last interview
Tagged: Music, Obsession, Anger, therapy
“My world became a nightmare. There were just shadows around me.”
— Layne Staley, Layne Staley's last interview
Tagged: World, nightmares, Shadows, Drugs
“I know I'm dying. I'm not doing well.”
— Layne Staley, LAYNE STALEY In His Final Interview: ALICE IN CHAINS Members Are 'Not My Friends'
Tagged: Dying
“I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. 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.”
— Layne Staley, LAYNE STALEY In His Final Interview: ALICE IN CHAINS Members Are 'Not My Friends'
Tagged: Drugs, dope sick, Heroin, Addiction
“My father started using drugs again. We did drugs together and I found myself in a miserable situation. He started visiting me all day to get high and do drugs with me. He came up to me just to get some shit, and that’s all. I was trying to kick this habit out of my life and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack.”
— Layne Staley, Layne Staley's last interview
Tagged: Drugs, father, Heroin, Father Son
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