The only thing I knew how to do was draw and play music.

- Dj Ashba

The fact that my dad was never around gave me a lot of determination. It really set this fire full of fuel, so to speak. It didn't matter what anybod…

- Dj Ashba

I work, to this day, from morning to night, seven days a week. I'm always working two, three years ahead of my own timeline; I'm a workaholic.

- Dj Ashba

I always was intrigued with writing my own stuff, and I was always really bad at learning other people's stuff.

- Dj Ashba

I was born into a very religious family with no TVs and a very strict Episcopal Christian religion. Music was my outlet and more of my therapy than a…

- Dj Ashba

I started out on guitar when I was nine years old, and I started playing bars and stuff when I was thirteen, and I've been playing ever since.

- Dj Ashba

I grew up in a really bad situation; my father left when I was young - you know, an abusive situation. So the minute I put my fingers on a guitar and…

- Dj Ashba

Music has been more, you know, the only thing I've ever known.

- Dj Ashba

I just never doubted myself. I always knew I was going to do something.

- Dj Ashba