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. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
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.… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
Much of the legend surrounding my mother is true. She was a beautiful, talented, warmhearted woman who had the greatest sense of humor. At… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
In my early teens I wasn't allowed to go out on dates, but could have my boyfriends and girlfriends over to the house. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I was a music major. Timpani was my specialty, and voice. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
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. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
They can become very irritated. They can become very aggressive. Not all Alzheimer's patients are that way, but many are. My mother was very… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
I would visit my father and spend the summers with him in the south of France. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
I came to New York after Bennington College and trained as a singer. I lived on the West Side and I went to my… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
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… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
My son Andrew was an extraordinary young man, loved and admired by all who knew him. His accidental death is a terrible tragedy. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
Frank Sinatra was a popular star, but he was always so sweet and friendly to me that I was excited just to be next… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
I was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and we lived there for three to five years - with my mother and father. And then they… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
I was raised as a Catholic and as an Ismaili. My father felt that I should have some training in Islam, but my mother… — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
She was just the most wonderful mother. She loved working with Fred Astaire - she would talk about working with him. — Yasmin Aga Khan Copy Share Image
