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Nico

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“I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Up-tight: the Velvet Underground story (2002) by Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga.
“You could say it like was like a fairy tale at the time; Andy would be the good fairy, and Jim would play the giant, Brian would be the witch, Paul McCartney would be the frog who turns into a prince, no, it would have to be the other way round. Well, it didn't seem like a fairy tale at the time. It was a lot of hassle. But I learned a lot of things, and I began to compose my own songs.”
Nico (1938–1988) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Describing her tumultuous experiences of 1967, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
“I think he was the first man I met who was not afraid of me in some way. We were very similar, like brother and sister. Our spirits are similar. We were the same height and the same age, almost … He was well read and he introduced me to William Blake and also the English Romantic poets who came after him. Jim liked Shelley. I preferred Coleridge. In fact, he is my favoured poet of all time. Did you know they were all drug addicts? Coleridge was addicted to opium. It is better to be addicted to opium than to be addicted to money.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On her "soul brother" Jim Morrison, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
“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.”
Nico (1938–1988) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 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.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Her response when asked about her sense of rhythm in songwriting, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.
“Cease to know or to tellOr to see or to be your ownHave someone else's will as your ownHave someone else's will as your own.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are beautiful and you are alone.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Often the adolescent plagueReward your graceConfuse your hunger capture the fake...”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Banish the faceless reward your graceBanish the faceless reward your grace.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He came your way And when he had to go There were roses growing in the snow Silently you'll go to the shadow of your soul And you know that it was like this before we had to go You will never see these lights Glowing in your nights Until you feel this way.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With every moon it is as though you're getting closer to your soul And then you go alone and with no fear Then you will know That it was like this before we had to go And you will find that you were blind Until you saw these lights glowing in your nights.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You will never see these lightsGlowing in your nights If you don't know And there are roses growing in the snow.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would say the time has not yet come. I rebel against the present, whenever it is, because I have not seen any change, other than oppositions grow stronger. I would be a communist if it was more anarchist. Otherwise, I see only everything as an absurdity, so I can laugh and cry. I have lived in a continuation, from birth and growing towards death in a chain that cannot end. I don't see this decade then that decade. The same things happen in different guises. I am bohemian but at one time you would call me a hippie or a punk. I remain a bohemian whatever you call me. So maybe I am locked in the fifties. But I have never desired to grow up from my world as a child, which is when things are most clear and utopian. They are clear because you are at the center and you see all around you. When you get older you lose your sight … I lost something of my childishness when people around me start dying. Four of my family died within a year.”
Nico (1938–1988) said by 1988 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the decade which she fit in best, as quoted in Life and Lies of an Icon (1995) by Richard Witts.