99 Quotes by Robert Trujillo

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

'Tallica Parking Lot' is, basically, roughly about a four-minute animated short which is centered around the parking lot of Metallica, and that can be anywhere in the world.

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

Playing with Ozzy was a dream come true.

Jaco Pastorius gave the bass a new voice. I mean, he was very inspired by singers like Frank Sinatra. And in a lot of ways, maybe he wanted to be a singer himself.

'Justice' is the biggest challenge 'cause it's also complex in the arrangements.

With the fretless bass, you have a different tone and different sound, a different dynamic to the instrument, so you can really make it sing.

When I first heard the song 'Eruption,' which is Eddie Van Halen's most famous solo composition, I was confused because it sounded incredible, but I didn't know what it was. I didn't know if it was a guitar. I didn't know if it was a synthesizer or a keyboard. I couldn't figure it out.

'Frayed Ends Of Sanity' off the 'Justice' album is a song that I really wanted to play with the band, and for years and years, I was always like, 'Let's play this song!' But I'll tell you something: I started working on that song almost from the very first time I joined the band.