She was just the most wonderful mother. She loved working with Fred Astaire – she would talk about working with him. Yancy Butler Read Quote
My father, Prince Aly Khan, and mother divorced when I was only 3. I used to spend summers with him in the South of France. Yancy Butler Read Quote
In my early teens I wasn’t allowed to go out on dates, but could have my boyfriends and girlfriends over to the house. Yancy Butler Read Quote
Much of the legend surrounding my mother is true. She was a beautiful, talented, warmhearted woman who had the greatest sense of humor. At the same time, she was a sharp, fiery lady who was full of spunk and had a flashy temper. Yancy Butler Read Quote
My son Andrew was an extraordinary young man, loved and admired by all who knew him. His accidental death is a terrible tragedy. Yancy Butler Read Quote
I was going to go to Europe to study, and that’s when my mother’s disease heightened, and it was really necessary that I step in. Then I said, okay, this is more important than my career in music. Yancy Butler Read Quote
When I went to university, I was a music major. Timpani was my specialty, and voice. Yancy Butler Read Quote
I would visit my father and spend the summers with him in the south of France. Yancy Butler Read Quote
The Alzheimer’s Association in the United States, founded by Jerome Stone, they found me because they had heard rumours that my mom was diagnosed. Jerry said, ‘We’re a small family group, and we would like to know if you’d like to join us and to spread the word about this disease.’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’ Yancy Butler Read Quote
I was raised as a Catholic and as an Ismaili. My father felt that I should have some training in Islam, but my mother was a Catholic, so really, I was raised with both. Yancy Butler Read Quote
