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
There were a lot of different styles in the house - Motown, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, jazz - and my dad played… — 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
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
You listen to a Metallica song, and you listen to the drums, and they're not necessarily swinging, but the arrangements are different.… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called… — 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 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
I've played with the best drummers in rock, ranging from Josh Freese to Brooks Wackerman to even Dave Lombardo. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
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 Image
I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do. — 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, but when… — 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 lyrics to… — 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 hollow body,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Flamenco was probably the first music that I may have heard as a baby, because my father played flamenco. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
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 Image
