Dean Ween Quotes

United States, Guitarist
September 25, 1970

Michael Melchiondo, Jr. (born September 25, 1970), better known by his stage name Dean Ween, is an American guitarist, and is one half of the alternative rock group Ween. Melchiondo is currently active in the groups Moistboyz, The Dean Ween Group and Ween.

If you can find one thing in your life that can keep you in the moment, you're totally lucky.

Dean Ween
- Life
I get sick when I think about someone going to iTunes and downloading two songs off our album. It's not meant to be listened to that way.

Dean Ween
- Sick

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater.

Dean Ween
- Fishing
On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.

Dean Ween
- Up
- Morning
- Fishing
When you make a great record, it's around forever.

Dean Ween
- Great
- Forever
I want to make 20, 30, 50 studio records.

Dean Ween
It's quantity, not quality.

Dean Ween
- Quality
I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

Dean Ween
- School
- Road
- Sea

If you write 50 songs, you're bound to write at least a dozen good ones.

Dean Ween
- Good
We don't know what we're doing. We don't have a plan. We don't sit down and calculate it.

Dean Ween
When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.

Dean Ween