I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do. — 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
I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense.… — 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
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
One of the things that I've noticed since I've been in the band is that, as players, Lars, James, and Kirk truly… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Lemmy is, I think, for anybody in the world of rock n' roll - you don't have to be a bass player… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the… — 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
The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience. — 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
When I first heard the song 'Eruption,' which is Eddie Van Halen's most famous solo composition, I was confused because it sounded… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
Sabbath is always some of the best music ever. And the reason is because it grooves. It's funky. It's heavy. It's got… — 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
We used to go to Palm Springs, ditch school when I was in eleventh grade, and go hang out poolside with our… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I had a band called Infectious Grooves back in the Nineties. That music was really a mixture of styles, and we had… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
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
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
It's always nice, no matter what style of music, as long as it's grooving and you feel that, I feel that's what… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
I feel that music is such an inspirational form of energy, as baseball is. And especially with Metallica, believe it or not,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
It's really, really great; it's special when people embrace your music. — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
You want your fanbase and new fans too, to embrace the music, the new music. — 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
