--- title: "22 Gene Ween Quotes - Famous Musician" description: "Aaron Freeman, better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock gro..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b043/author-gene-ween-25842.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b043/author-gene-ween-25842.jpg) # Gene Ween (1970) Musician United States **22** quotes in **184** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Gene Ween is a musician from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Gene Ween Born March 17, 1970 Nationality United States Profession Musician ## About Gene Ween Aaron Freeman, better known by his stage name Gene Ween, is an American singer, guitarist and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween. Freeman, along with childhood friend Mickey Melchiondo, started the group in the mid-1980s. Ween would expand to five members and perform together until May 2012 when Freeman abruptly quit the band due to his desire to move forward with a solo career, as well as his intention to remain sober. Over the next few years, Freeman would briefly abandon the Gene Ween name and lead a new five-piece band called Freeman. Shortly after reviving the Gene Ween name as a solo act, to perform a series of Billy Joel tribute performances, Ween reunited in February 2016 for three concerts in Broomfield, Colorado. The band continued to perform and tour until going on an indefinite hiatus in August 2024. ## Quotes by Gene Ween > [We love doing commercial and TV show work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/we-love-doing-commercial-and-tv-show-work/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Commercial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commercial/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3e/gene-ween-25842_commercial_we-love-doing-commercial-and-tv-show-wor_1838112.png) > [Forty minutes in front of Beck isn't really where it's at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/forty-minutes-in-front-of-beck-isn-t-really-where-it-s-at/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/gene-ween-25842_beck_forty-minutes-in-front-of-beck-isn-t-rea_1740022.png) > [Know that I am extremely proud of all that is 'Ween.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/know-that-i-am-extremely-proud-of-all-that-is-ween/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Extremely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extremely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d3/gene-ween-25842_extremely_know-that-i-am-extremely-proud-of-all-th_3232184.png) > [Ninety-nine per cent of opening bands stink.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/ninety-nine-per-cent-of-opening-bands-stink/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/gene-ween-25842_band_ninety-nine-per-cent-of-opening-bands-st_2155821.png) > [I was never into smart college boy music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/i-was-never-into-smart-college-boy-music/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/gene-ween-25842_boys_i-was-never-into-smart-college-boy-music_3224834.png) > [I can't take any more white boys noodling around on their guitars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/i-can-t-take-any-more-white-boys-noodling-around-on-their-guitars/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Boys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/965/gene-ween-25842_boys_i-can-t-take-any-more-white-boys-noodlin_2903510.png) > [You know, it's absolutely connected to The Mollusk in that, it's what we're writing after The Mollusk. A lot of this stuff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/you-know-it-s-absolutely-connected-to-the-mollusk-in-that-it-s-what/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Absolutely](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolutely/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/gene-ween-25842_absolutely_you-know-it-s-absolutely-connected-to-th_1887789.png) > [In life sometimes, in the universe, you have to close some doors to have others open](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/in-life-sometimes-in-the-universe-you-have-to-close-some-doors-to/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Door](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/door/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/gene-ween-25842_door_in-life-sometimes-in-the-universe-you-ha_351578.png) > [I want to sound like Christopher Cross in another ten years, and be totally proud of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/i-want-to-sound-like-christopher-cross-in-another-ten-years-and-be/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Crosses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crosses/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47c/gene-ween-25842_crosses_i-want-to-sound-like-christopher-cross-i_2928967.png) > [Not after the big bust in '92, there's no big drug lifestyle anymore. I can't talk about it. Pretty ugly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/not-after-the-big-bust-in-92-there-s-no-big-drug-lifestyle-anymore-i/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/gene-ween-25842_bigs_not-after-the-big-bust-in-92-there-s-no_1553860.png) > [Now in a way, money is money, and if it's going to increase our audience, that's fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/now-in-a-way-money-is-money-and-if-it-s-going-to-increase-our/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/gene-ween-25842_audience_now-in-a-way-money-is-money-and-if-it-s_2610892.png) > [I'm a very big Notorious B.I.G. fan and I do an imitation of him that always cracks everybody up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/i-m-a-very-big-notorious-b-i-g-fan-and-i-do-an-imitation-of-him-that/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/gene-ween-25842_bigs_i-m-a-very-big-notorious-b-i-g-fan-and-i_1786474.png) > [My decision to leave 'Ween', however interpreted, was absolutely not made in haste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/my-decision-to-leave-ween-however-interpreted-was-absolutely-not-made/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/gene-ween-25842_decision_my-decision-to-leave-ween-however-interp_1279561.png) > [Most of our fans seem to be very intelligent people who don't stand out too much, but they're still total freaks. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/most-of-our-fans-seem-to-be-very-intelligent-people-who-don-t-stand/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Fans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/gene-ween-25842_fans_most-of-our-fans-seem-to-be-very-intelli_2696061.png) > [When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/when-it-comes-to-the-recording-and-writing-it-s-still-mostly-mickey/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Different](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/gene-ween-25842_different_when-it-comes-to-the-recording-and-writi_844510.jpg) > [Basically, Pizza Hut just backed out on the ad agency at the last minute. They got fired and we got fired. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/basically-pizza-hut-just-backed-out-on-the-ad-agency-at-the-last/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Ad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/gene-ween-25842_ad_basically-pizza-hut-just-backed-out-on-t_21312.png) > [A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/a-few-years-ago-one-of-our-singles-got-beaten-out-by-better-than-ezra/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef2/gene-ween-25842_band_a-few-years-ago-one-of-our-singles-got-b_2769898.png) > [We had been working. We had a bunch of songs written and it came time to make the record, so we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/we-had-been-working-we-had-a-bunch-of-songs-written-and-it-came-time/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Actually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actually/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/gene-ween-25842_actually_we-had-been-working-we-had-a-bunch-of-so_1095982.png) > [We are going to put out a boxed set thing, but I don't want to do it yet. I want to wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/we-are-going-to-put-out-a-boxed-set-thing-but-i-don-t-want-to-do-it/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Bitter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bitter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/gene-ween-25842_bitter_we-are-going-to-put-out-a-boxed-set-thin_2612506.jpg) > [A lot of those songs are actually about Sarah, who I was recently divorced from about five or six months ago. I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/a-lot-of-those-songs-are-actually-about-sarah-who-i-was-recently/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/gene-ween-25842_about_a-lot-of-those-songs-are-actually-about_3037316.jpg) > [I wrote most of these songs right before the end. A lot of these songs are about that. Even if it's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/i-wrote-most-of-these-songs-right-before-the-end-a-lot-of-these-songs/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/gene-ween-25842_about_i-wrote-most-of-these-songs-right-before_679340.png) > [We sold a certain, steady amount of product for them and they could count on it. When it came time to ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/we-sold-a-certain-steady-amount-of-product-for-them-and-they-could/) [Gene Ween](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/gene-ween-25842_amount_we-sold-a-certain-steady-amount-of-produ_1391232.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-ween/#itemlist", "name": "Gene Ween Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We love doing commercial and TV show work.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gene Ween" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-ween/we-love-doing-commercial-and-tv-show-work/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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