Robert Trujillo Quotes
Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called myself an elitist. I got to the point where, for a little bit there, I was more interested in instrumental music.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered with jewelry. My pants have elastic waists. I like to be comfortable. There are so many more important things to worry about.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.
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I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.
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Maybe it's good to be traumatized in your youth, to make you think differently and step outside the box. Anybody can be comfortable, but if you get your world rocked, shaken as it were, then maybe it causes you to really go to a whole other level in a different way.
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Talent is one thing, it is how you nurture and develop it, and never walk away from it. You can be rich, successful, you win awards, but it can always be better.
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Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called myself an elitist. I got to the point where, for a little bit there, I was more interested in instrumental music.
