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 of started slacking. — 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
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 Image
We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special. — 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' - you know,… — Robert Trujillo Copy Share Image
