“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, northwestmusicscene.netTagged: Music, Obsession, Anger, therapy
“My world became a nightmare. There were just shadows around me.”— Layne Staley, northwestmusicscene.netTagged: World, nightmares, Shadows, Drugs
“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 aski…”— Layne Staley, northwestmusicscene.netTagged: Drugs, father, Heroin, Father Son
“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, northwestmusicscene.netTagged: Death, Crack, Heroin, Drugs