Robert Trujillo Quotes

I never professed to be a great drummer but I was a very heavy drummer.

John Bonham was probably the most influential in terms of playing style and timing.

John Bonham, probably the greatest drummer ever - all of us wanted to play drums like him.

In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.

Phil is a real drummer's drummer.

I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy.

If you come in like a typical modern drummer who is used to playing only with tricks and double kick and, like, big, big, big, fast rolls, but you can't play a swinging shuffle, then you can't play in Ghost whatsoever.

A band is as solid as its drummer is.

That's where I think a lot of these guys today are just, 'I'm the drummer, man. Check it out. Here's my lick. I just learned this new drum lick. I'm just gonna blast all over the place.' It's like, 'Man, you've got to let the song breathe.'

Even though Peter Criss is a pretty simple player, he played with great feel and made the music get up and go.

I thought of Gene Krupa's drumming, his staccato drumming. I went and put 'Misirlou' to that rhythm.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.

I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today.

I play Orange County drums. I love those guys. I've got a four piece kit.

When I speak of natural drummers I'm talking about guys that are playing with the talent God gave 'em.

I look up to a lot of old school drummers from the '70s, '80s, and '90s.

Rudimental snare work is something I've always loved.

I like drums, really, if they're under control.

I love the way Pharell is laying down great drum tracks. He is a great drummer.

The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.

It's always been my dream to have a monster rhythm section that's just all groove and pocket.

Being a drummer, I'm always like, 'Oh, that's got a funky beat. That's cool,' and I like to dance.

Mahavishnu's drummer Billy Cobham was the best I'd ever heard. Not loud, that's not the secret - powerful as hell when he wanted to be - but 90 per cent of the time, he was just dancing with the drums, you know? Just like a butterfly, all over them.

Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham.