Robert Trujillo

As long as there is communication, everything can be solved.

— Robert Trujillo

Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.

— Robert Trujillo

I feel like I've always been a great mediator.

— Robert Trujillo

I think every Metallica album is unique in its own way.

— Robert Trujillo

I believe in rock and roll and heavy music in general.

— Robert Trujillo

I didn't write 'Enter Sandman.'

— Robert Trujillo

The Big 4 tour was really great.

— Robert Trujillo

I think Slayer is a funky band.

— Robert Trujillo

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

One thing about being in Metallica is I've always felt challenged.

— Robert Trujillo

We like to challenge ourselves, and having new material and presenting it to the world is fun and exciting and fresh.

— Robert Trujillo

You want your fanbase and new fans too, to embrace the music, the new music.

— Robert Trujillo

We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special.

— Robert Trujillo

I've been wearing Vans since I was a little kid. I wear them on stage, and I grew up skateboarding and surfing.

— Robert Trujillo

When Lars said, 'We want you to be in Metallica,' I was blown away.

— Robert Trujillo

When I was younger, I was trying to create from attitude more than anything else.

— Robert Trujillo

I've always been a fan of animation. As a kid, I used to watch a lot of the Saturday-morning cartoons, and I…

— Robert Trujillo

Lars Ulrich is not a jazz drummer, but he grew up listening to jazz. Why? Because his father, Torben - an incredible…

— Robert Trujillo

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

You've gotta be careful because art is really important to most people, and you wanna respect that as much as possible. So…

— Robert Trujillo

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

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

I just wanted to experiment with the bass, and my main influence from Jaco Pastorius inspired me to write music in a…

— Robert Trujillo

Jaco Pastorius gave the bass a new voice. I mean, he was very inspired by singers like Frank Sinatra. And in a…

— Robert Trujillo

A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' -…

— Robert Trujillo

Joe Walsh is somebody who... he's a writer, obviously, and he's a singer-songwriter, whatever, but at the end of the day, when…

— Robert Trujillo

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

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

'Frayed Ends Of Sanity' off the 'Justice' album is a song that I really wanted to play with the band, and for…

— Robert Trujillo

Sometimes artists die young, and we don't know exactly why. I think that, in life, you have these special individuals, whether it's…

— Robert Trujillo

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

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

The great thing about Metallica's music and the lyrics, it's always going to be hopefully a motivating experience.

— Robert Trujillo

If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career.

— Robert Trujillo

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

What I have learned about Metallica is that it's all about taking chances and challenges.

— Robert Trujillo

Any band that you have, any relationship in your life, is gonna come with moments of tension.

— Robert Trujillo

I always say, 'Hey, I'm in Metallica, but I wasn't on the Black Album.'

— Robert Trujillo

Being able to surf in Tahiti and places like Brazil was unreal.

— Robert Trujillo

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