That's all I ever do, just try and do the best I can and cater to the song, cater to the music. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Any band that you have, any relationship in your life, is gonna come with moments of tension. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
What I have learned about Metallica is that it's all about taking chances and challenges. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways, Metallica is like a fusion band. It's not necessarily jazz or any of that, but the music… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Each album you make, each body of music, you just never know how the world's going to relate to it. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
It's really a rush and a thrill to feel you've been part of a body of music that's inspiring. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
You can make an album, and people won't get it. Or won't connect with it. Or won't - whatever is going on… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
'Mama I'm Coming Home' is one song that I think is incredible. One of his best songs ever written. Lemmy wrote the… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
My father had a friend who actually had a hollow-body bass guitar and didn't work through an amp, but because it was… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I went to jazz school. Not to say I'm a great jazz musician, but I studied under some great teachers. It was… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
The first album I ever bought was Santana's 'Abraxas.' Obviously, I was a huge fan of Carlos because he had the unique… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Traditionally, the role of the bass player was just to keep things simple and solid, so it's really a special thing when… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
We all grew up with Black Sabbath. I mean, there's no secret there. Any of us, any of the members of any… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
With our fans, a lot of times, people get upset because maybe they didn't get what they wanted, whatever. But we always… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
It's very important to us, family, and the balance of family within the band is probably the most important. Metallica is important,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
'Frayed Ends Of Sanity' off the 'Justice' album is a song that I really wanted to play with the band, and for… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I call it a process of elimination. You're nurturing ideas, and that takes time. What happens is there's so many, what I… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' -… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
There is a lot of energy between Lars and James, and sometimes that energy can erupt. I know that before I was… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I always say my role in Metallica is to support the song and to support my team, and whatever that means, I'm… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
What we're doing is special and unique in its own way but still keeping it heavy. For me as a listener, part… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
You just go out and do the best that you can. I think people feel that, and they embrace it, and it's… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
'Some Kind of Monster' is a challenge, and 'Through the Never' is an extension of that. Even the album we made with… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
With Metallica, it's hard. I tend to like it all, but the older stuff, when we get into the deeper cuts, it… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I was in a party band in the early '80s, and we played Sabbath and Ozzy songs as well as Rush and… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Sometimes artists die young, and we don't know exactly why. I think that, in life, you have these special individuals, whether it's Jimi Hendrix… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
With the fretless bass, you have a different tone and different sound, a different dynamic to the instrument, so you can really make it… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
It's very important to us, family, and the balance of family within the band is probably the most important. Metallica is important, but when… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
'Mama I'm Coming Home' is one song that I think is incredible. One of his best songs ever written. Lemmy wrote the lyrics to… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
My father had a friend who actually had a hollow-body bass guitar and didn't work through an amp, but because it was hollow body,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
Mike Clark, who's a really amazing surfer, got me back into surfing. I surfed a lot from '82 to '86, and then I kind… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense. I've always… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' - you know,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share
