Nico
German singer and actress
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Nico
German singer and actress
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This biography uses content from the Wikipedia article “Nico”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Quotes
“I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.”
— As quoted in Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story (2002) by Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga.
“Jim Morrison tells me that people are looking at the streets while I am looking at the moon. I do not feel connected enough [with the issues] to throw stones at a policeman. I want to throw stones at the whole world.”
— In 1968, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
“I don't have a sense of time. Time is timeless to me, and I'm not in a hurry to get older. I mean, if I were worried about time, all the time, it would be terrible.”
— Her response when asked about her sense of rhythm in songwriting, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Nico", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Photos
Photo portrait of the German singer Nico circa 1966, from a publicity photo when she was a member of the American rock band The Velvet Underground.
Grave, Christa Päffgen, Havelchaussee 92b, Berlin-Grunewald, Germany
Nico at Lampeter University - November 1985
Nico at Lampeter University - November 1985
Audrey McDonald, Carlo Di Maggio, Nico, Doria Pignatelli et Marcello Mastroiani passablement inquiets, montent ensemble un vieil escalier de bois dans une vétuste maison. Ils sont vêtus en costumes sombres.
A newspaper collage of John Cale, Nico, Kevin Ayers, and Brian Eno performing at London's Rainbow Theatre on June 1, 1974..
Germany. Berlin
Ein geschlossener Brief eines unbekannten Fans (Gabriele von Florenz) an Nico auf ihrem Grab abgelegt.
Berlin, Friedhof Grunewald-Forst, Grabmal von "Nico"
Ben from the United Kingdom has noted the way to the grave of fashion model and rock singer Nico (Christa Päffgen) at Friedhof Grunewald-Forst in Berlin. After his arrival he has written some personal lines for her on the reverse and then put the slip on her gravestone (see below).