99 Quotes by Robert Trujillo

Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.

With our fans, a lot of times, people get upset because maybe they didn't get what they wanted, whatever. But we always write the songs for us, number one.

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 makes... part of what makes a great song, for sure.

A lot of the hardcore fans wanna hear the deep cuts - songs like 'Orion' or maybe like a 'Disposable Heroes' - you know, songs that we don't play all the time - and then, of course, they wanna hear 'Sandman' and 'Nothing Else Matters' and some of the hits.

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

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

Writing a Metallica song is a journey and a process, and it takes time, but that's what's special about it.

With our producer, Greg Fidelman, it was really a joy to work with him and to try different things and experiment.

My first gig with Metallica was at San Quentin State Penitentiary.