Layne Staley Quotes

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

If there is some art involved, I'd like it to be that it came through the cracks of daily work.

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.

I never tried to revolutionise photography; I just do what I do and keep my fingers crossed that people will like it.

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it.

Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song. Each is like its own separate feeling, its own separate universe.

My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

My favorite song is called 'Reachout.' There are so many different stories told in that song. I think anyone who listens to it will gather a different meaning, but each answer is true. I also like the sound of it, period - there are a lot of classical influences.

Acting is just being a man. Being human. Not forcing it.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

Music is only special when it's coming from a genuine place - it's just energy trapped in a bottle.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

I want people to really recognize that this is what I am naturally good at: I'm really good at making music and describing your feelings vicariously through my experiences, through my past and my future. I want people to relate to me in multiple ways and be versatile in my music.

My creativeness stems from my love of music. Music is pure emotion. Music is the infinity sign. Music is self-expression in its purest form - it's how I express my anger, my self-doubt, my love. I think my music is very vulnerable and very expressive, very transparent.

There's a lot of vulnerability in songs - I'm not talking about pop songs - from people that are in the art of songwriting more than the commercial enterprise of it.

I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.