has many accomplishments to her name – but her proudest achievement is becoming a mom. The singer shares her son – pronounced Asia – with her ex-husband, music producer , and her focus has been raising him since his birth on August 12, 2001. "My priorities, of course, have changed.
He's my focus of every day," she said in a 2002 interview on the CBC. "He's just brought so much more love into my life." Becoming a mother was a big factor in Shania's decision to with her then-husband.
"I would like him to be well-rounded, humble, and honest, without having to be deprived to develop that character," she said in 2007. "We go out of our way to try to keep him appreciative. We don't keep him in a bubble.
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Like his mom, Eja is a talented musician with a "crazy passion for making music" and loves to create, write, produce, and arrange. "He's been making music for a few years now," she told in 2017. "He's very devoted and a real hard worker.
He's got a crazy passion for making music, and it's really fun to watch." Sharing an insight into his musical tastes, Shania revealed: "He definitely listens to EDM, so that's where he is as a fan, but he listens to all kinds of music. He likes a wide variety of stuff.
"Hans Zimmer is one of his biggest heroes. There's a real broad spectrum in his life musically, so he makes all kinds of stuff, and he orchestrates a lot of things. He loves to arrange music and write music.
He's just on his own journey.