Source Notes - You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico

Introduction (pp. 1–5)

‘What I have in common with Nico’ Hoskyns, B. (2001), ‘The Backpages Interview: Marianne Faithfull’, Rock’s Backpages.

Chapter 2 (pp. 12–16)

‘My sister was notified by the Wehrmacht’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘We assume they killed him’ / ‘He was an adventurer’ Wolff / Biadacz interview.

‘My mother came to see me’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘something about a factory in Berlin’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 3 (pp. 17–21)

‘The air attacks grew stronger’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘We spent a lot of time together’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘He was wonderful’ / ‘She spent so much time in there’ Witts (1993).

‘In 1942, the train passed by our house’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

Chapter 4 (pp. 22–6)

‘better a Russky on top’ Ash, L. (2015) ‘The Rape of Berlin’. Available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32529679. Accessed 19 March 2019.

‘the first English word I learned’ / ‘in these schools’ / ‘overcome mental hang-ups’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘Christa was a very strange girl’ / ‘At the age of twelve’ / ‘Christa wanted to move on’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

Chapter 5 (pp. 27–34)

‘It started about the age of twelve’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘When I was young in Berlin’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She took walks on the Kurfürstendamm’ / ‘Christa was always noticed’ Wolff / Biadacz interview.

‘an alternative school’ / ‘Paris was the centre of the fashion world’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘My sister said’ Wolff / Biadacz interview.

‘At 16, I became a photo model’ / ‘I have not thought long’ Sanders, E. (1969) ‘Nico, the Cologne Girl in the US Underground’, Twen, August.

‘Models have one name’ / ‘When Tobias took the first fashion photos’ Witts (1993).

‘almost broke her heart’ / ‘started to suffer’ Wolff / Biadacz interview.

‘I was retouching photographs’ Maywald, W. (1990) The Splinters of the  Mirror. An Illustrated Autobiography. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gm.

‘You could say I looked the same’ / ‘I reserved all my energy in Berlin’ / ‘I could not admit that I was out of my depth’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 6 (pp. 35–8)

‘would all be wonderful’ / ‘the practical problems’ / ‘I think my sister made friends’ / ‘coughing and coughing’ / ‘It was a wild music’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘wrote a Novel’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘We were like a gang’ Witts (1993).

‘Chanel was simply lonely’ Wallach, J. (1999) Chanel: Her Style and Her Life. London: Mitchell Beazley.

‘this crazy idea’ Interview of Clive Crocker by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I wonder if you can tell’ / ‘She was not a typical woman’ / ‘Nico had these romances’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 7 (pp. 39–43)

‘I was tall, I was blonde’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘ornamental, useless’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘It is never easy to eat’ Witts (1993).

‘Nico was like the Kelippot’ Strauss, N. (1996) ‘Film View; A Siren Who Sang of Herself’, New York Times, 14 January.

‘She was observant’ / ‘She was very, very curious’ Interview of David  Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Your name is Nico?’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘From that moment’ / ‘I liked the name Christa’ / ‘I had spent a lot of time’ / ‘I got to the point’ / ‘She hadn’t thought about it’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 8 (pp. 44–7)

‘I was with my friends’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘the most dangerous man’ / ‘He was like a gypsy’ Witts (1993).

‘a good model, very professional’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 9 (pp. 48–54)

‘Although she [Nico] knew’ / ‘It couldn’t have been’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘I was just leaving for Paris’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘[Nico] had rented a very nice house’ Wolff / Biadacz interview and Witts (1993).

‘I am the most happy girl’ / ‘Alain Delon!’ / ‘You can imagine the silence’ / ‘I didn’t want anything’ / It was like a fairy tale’ Witts (1993).

‘One day she called me’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘We had to separate’ / ‘It was frightening to see her mother’ /   ‘[M]entally the  mother relied entirely’ / ‘The mother started to howl’ / ‘beside himself with fury’ / ‘I was angry with this arrogance’ / ‘[Taking French nationality] was not possible’ / ‘As a German citizen’ / ‘a romantic liaison’ /  ‘Papatakis was a decent chap’ Witts (1993).

‘She was simply breathtaking’ / ‘She wanted to know everything’ / ‘There was a rule for entry’ Interview of Victor Brox by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 10 (pp. 55–9)

‘Once your chance goes by’ Strip-Tease/Sweet Skin (1963) Directed by Jacques Poitrenaud. Available on Amazon Prime Video. Viewed 5 January 2019.

‘One should certainly raise objections’ / ‘The road to hell is paved’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘We went to see the premier’ / ‘This apartment was filled with bottles’ / ‘We would always sit in the back’ / ‘She brought this young kid’ / ‘I remember being in England’ Interview of Clive Crocker by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 11 (pp. 60–6)

‘I was paralyzed’ / ‘Everyone was down from Harvard’ / ‘The only thing we had to drink’ / ‘In the middle of the evening’ / ‘A lovely, beautiful, nineteen-year-old’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Our party was held in due course’ Letter from Danny Fields personal archive with permission.

‘Parkinson’s disease and solitude’ / ‘We were alone, Omi and me’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘I learned of Ari’s existence’ Ari (2001).

‘I arrived and I was shocked’ / ‘With these papers I went to the French Consul’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘He was christened Ari’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘Before we took him’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘She took over the kid’ Interview of Clive Crocker by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She [Edith] said to Christa’ Wolff / Biadacz interview.

‘When he heard about it, two years after’ Nico: Icon (1995).

Chapter 12 (pp. 67–72)

‘I was traveling with one of his friends’ Sanders, E. (1969) ‘Nico, the  Cologne Girl in the US Underground’, Twen, August.

‘for an evening and a week’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘His music fascinated me’ Sanders, Twen (1969).

‘As I was from Berlin’ / ‘He was so charming’ / ‘about me and my little baby’ Witts (1993).

‘he…changed the idea that I had’ / ‘[Dylan] didn’t like it when I tried’ Witts (1993).

‘To be a model in that period’ / ‘a bit of a hustler’ / ‘You felt she was trying’ Witts (1993).

‘terrifying’ / ‘She had nothing to do…’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘It’s really very simple…’ / ‘Brian was the kind of man’ / ‘It was fascinating and frightening’ / ‘he was really too stoned’ / ‘He was scared of her’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 13 (pp. 73–81)

‘One evening we were together in a nightclub’ Maywald, W. (1990) The Splinters of the Mirror. An Illustrated Autobiography. Munich: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag Gm.

‘Gerard Malanga told me about the studio’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘Pundits seem to have it Brian played’ / ‘I obviously heard the result’ / ‘He [Page] didn’t have anything’ Interview of Andrew Loog Oldham by  Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 23 May 2019.

‘I was acting a role that I had to do’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘We were all so wonderfully stoned’ / ‘I didn’t socialize with her’ Interview of Andrew Loog Oldham by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 23 May 2019.

‘She was one of a new breed of woman’ Thompson, D. (2009) Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Backbeat. Kindle edition.

 ‘good instincts’ / ‘heart is in the right place’ Don’t Look Back (1967) Directed by D. A. Pennebaker.

‘She called us from a Mexican restaurant’ / ‘tilted her head to the side’ / ‘Paul said that we should use Nico’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘I first heard of Nico, one day’ / ‘It was perilous to be there’ / ‘Most people at The Factory’ / ‘Nico was spectacular’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘The way they did movies’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

Chapter 14 (pp. 85–99)

‘He withdrew from the art world’ / ‘An hour’s worth’ / ‘These films were truly experimental’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘quickie underground movies’ Violet, U. (1988) Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol.

‘I really became his manager’ Witts (1993).

‘handed down’ / ‘Our crowd was photographed a lot’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 15 October 2018.

‘Andy was very good at launching people’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 23 October 2017.

‘He liked to possess them’ Interview of Jerry Schatzberg by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 10 December 2017.

‘A girl always looks more beautiful’ Wrenn, M. (1991) Andy Warhol in His Own Words. New York: Omnibus Press.

‘I could see that she had more problems’ / ‘Ooh, that’s great’ Wilcock, J. (1971) The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol. New York: Other Scenes.

‘The first thing that registered to me’ Malanga, G. (2009) Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story. London: Music Sales. Kindle edition.

‘The first thing I realized about the Velvet Underground’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘We have to think of something to do with the Velvets’ Wilcock (1971).

‘the most beautiful moment of my life’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘Nico never had any taste’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘One night we went to the Café Bizarre’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘I felt that the one thing the Velvets didn’t have’ Bockris, V. (1994) Lou Reed: The Biography – Fully Revised Edition. London: Random House.

‘like she could have made the trip over’ / ‘very mod and spiffy’ / ‘She had straight shoulder-length’ / ‘She had this very strange way’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘Andy always liked to have’ / ‘Andy’s persona’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘only wanted to be with the underground people’ Nico (2009) Nico in Manchester. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ORa382rBXM. Accessed 3 June 2019.

‘I have always been in the wrong place’ Nico (2009).

‘After we met them’ / ‘We wanted her to have’ Malanga (2009)

‘They’re supposed to work’ McCain, G. and McNeill, L. (2019) Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die. Museum of Art and Design, New York, 9 April–18 August.

‘The idea of having her in the band’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘Andy suggested we use Nico as a vocalist’ Bockris (1994).

‘We said fine, she looks great’ Thompson, D. (2009) Your Pretty Face Is  Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Backbeat. Kindle edition.

‘there were problems from the very beginning’ Bockris (1994).

‘was a schmuck, from the first’ / ‘was hostile to Nico’ Thompson (2009).

‘Of course, Lou Reed almost gagged’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘I didn’t want to say they needed somebody’ / ‘Lou was very reluctant’  McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘Andy Warhol persuaded Lou Reed’ Interview of Victor Bockris by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 18 October 2018.

‘No one knew what to make of her’ Thompson (2009).

‘She was much more ready’ Goddard, S. (2009) Mozipedia: The  Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. Cornwall: Random House.

‘Nico was sort of the bigger of the two’ Watson, S. (2003) Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties. New York: Pantheon Books.

‘the most ethereal and lovely’ Thompson (2009).

‘Nico’s the kind of person’ / ‘Lou loved the fact that Nico was big’ Bockris (1994).

‘If you get into Nico’ Gibbs, V. (1971) in the Metropolitan Review. Accesssed at the British Library, July 2019.

‘I was this poor little rock-and-roller’ Watson (2003).

‘You could say that Lou was in love’ / ‘Whoever seemed to be having undue influence’ Hogan, P. (2017) The Dead Straight Guide to the Velvet Underground. Huntingdon: This Day in Music.

‘very sweet and lovely’ Watson (2003).

‘quarreled a lot’ Nico (2009).

‘But he could be nice to me’ / ‘One night Nico came up to me’ Witts (1993).

‘Lou must have been in love with Nico’ Malanga (2009).

‘Andy said I should write a song about Edie’ Bockris (1994).

‘Nico has a little time living with Lou’ / ‘It’s a rock world thing’ Interview of Victor Bockris by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I have a couple of interviews of Nico’ Interview of Bruno Blum by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 20 September 2018.

‘both consummated and constipated’ / ‘psychological love songs’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘Lou’s affection for Nico quickly faded’ / ‘Lou liked to manipulate women’ / ‘I don’t think anyone was impressed’ / ‘Lou said hello to her’ Nico: Icon (1995)

‘absolutely torn up about it all’ Thompson (2009).

‘Lou wanted to be the queen bitch’ Nico: Icon (1995)

‘All the revisionist speculation about her’ Thompson (2009).

Chapter 15 (pp. 100–7)

‘I told him I’d be glad’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘The psych convention started out as a con’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘The Velvets started to blast’ Violet, U. (1988) Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol.

‘what does her vagina feel like?’ Violet (1988).

‘Those people were flabbergasted’ / ‘The press played it like it was’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘It was obvious she didn’t have a voice’ / ‘Gerard had noticed how lost Edie looked’ Bockris, V. (1989) Warhol. London: Penguin.

‘Mick Jagger of the Velvet Underground’ / ‘She was a new type of female superstar’ Warhol (2007)

‘in Warhol’s version of stardom’ / ‘Divinity, star, what’s the next’ Watson, S. (2003) Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties. New York: Pantheon Books.

‘We’re sponsoring a new band’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘My name was somewhere near the bottom’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘When Nico kept insisting’ Unterberger (2009).

‘They played the record’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘not to care’ / ‘only a rehearsal’ Unterberger (2009).

‘Edie Sedgwick tried to sing’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘Edie began asking Andy’ / ‘She told Andy’ / ‘Andy couldn’t resist asking’ / ‘She left and everybody was kind’ Malanga, G. (2009) Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story. London: Music Sales. Kindle edition.

‘It was Edie’s farewell’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

Chapter 16 (pp. 108–16)

‘The students couldn’t take their eyes off Nico’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘Nico drove, and that was an experience’ Warhol (2007).

‘I still had my American license’ / ‘Oh my God!’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘Ann Arbor [home to the University of Michigan]’ Warhol (2007).

‘While a beautiful blond girl sang’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘I walked into that store’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘come blow [their] mind[s]’ Unterberger (2009).

‘When we opened the Dom’ / ‘When we started moving around’ Heylin, C. (1993) From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-Punk History for a Post-Punk World. London: Penguin.

‘a cross-section of straights and gays’ Bockris, V. (1989) Warhol. London: Penguin.

‘When you go to the Dom’ / ‘The amazing thing is’ Violet, U. (1988) Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol.

‘incredible … It was like Marilyn’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Our actual salary from Paul Morrissey’ / ‘We played music’ / ‘A lot of people would come’ Bockris, V. (1994) Lou Reed: The Biography – Fully Revised Edition. London: Random House.

‘And with the Velvets come the blonde’ / ‘a fashion model, answering only’ / ‘Modelling is such a dull job’ / ‘Nico sings terribly’ Unterberger (2009).

‘Everybody in the Velvet Underground’ / ‘Everybody wanted to be the star’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘Nico took an age’ / ‘Lou was always ill at ease’ / ‘Nico walked out’ / ‘Lou could not stand’ Bockris (1994).

‘He had a reputation for being mean’ Bockris, V. (2014) Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story. London: Harper Collins.

‘The floorboards were torn up’ / ‘We set up the drums’ Bockris (1994).

‘What he did do is he made it all’ Lou Reed: Transformer (2001) Directed by B. Smeaton. Isis Productions.

‘Lou didn’t want Nico to sing’ Witts (1993).

‘All I remember is suddenly’ / ‘Lou didn’t want her’ Malanga, G. (2009) Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story. London: Music Sales. Kindle edition.

‘The whole time the album’ Warhol (2007).

Chapter 17 (pp. 117–25)

‘build up an LP operation’ / ‘[Wilson] told us to wait’ / ‘I sent it [the demo]’ / ‘That girl is fantastic’ / ‘When I went back’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘On tour, Nico was the one’ Woronov, M. (2013) Swimming Underground: My Time at Andy Warhol’s Factory. Los Angeles: Montaldo Publishing.

‘I love LA’ Bockris, V. (1989) Warhol. London: Penguin.

‘Nico could probably make it’ Malanga, G. (2009) Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story. London: Music Sales. Kindle edition.

‘From the moment we landed’ Watson, S. (2003) Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties. New York: Pantheon Books.

‘probably the single most untalented’ Bockris (1989).

‘will replace nothing’ / ‘the long-haired, deep-voiced’ / ‘Nico, the chanteuse’ / ‘It’s nice that the Trip’ / ‘neither art nor order’ / ‘The audience was fine’ / ‘They saw this as’ Unterberger (2009).

‘We used to tape our rehearsals’ / ‘You’ve got to get another song’ / ‘terribly insipid’ / ‘He sang it!’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

 ‘Everyone [from New York] was on drugs’ Interview of Bruno Blum by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘very bland and low’ / ‘the sound of an amplified’ / ‘If there exists a beauty’ / ‘just a very, very beautiful’ / ‘Nico would be most effectively’ Malanga (2009).

‘perfect as a cadaver’ Unterberger (2009).

‘Nico was not a phoney’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘everyone was feeling’ / ‘Amphetamine was the big drug’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

 ‘knocking unannounced’ / ‘She would just turn up’ Watson (2003).

‘She was a Francophile’ / ‘pride that she’d had a son’ Interview of Iggy Pop by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 18 (pp. 126–35)

‘beautiful’, ‘impactful’ and ‘schizophrenic’ Bockris, V. (1989) Warhol. London: Penguin.

‘Tell the story of your life’ Wrenn, M. (1991) Andy Warhol in His Own Words. New York: Omnibus Press.

‘already playing the role of Nico’ / ‘For my scenes, Paul and Andy’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘a passive-aggressive signal’ Bockris, V. (1994) Lou Reed: The Biography – Fully Revised Edition. London: Random House.

‘a hip place where Harlem met bohemia’ Schwartz, A. (2008), ‘The Tin Palace’, http://www.furious.com/perfect/tinpalace.html.

‘almost 100 percent black clientele’ / ‘get some white people in’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘it was pathetic to see’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘she sort of spun off out of the band’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘Nico and Lou had a fight’ Warhol (2007).

‘They threw me out’ Sanders, E. (1969) ‘Nico, the Cologne Girl in the US Underground’, Twen, August.

‘Too many scenes of jealousy’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘I was glad to see Nico go’ Sanders, Twen (1969).

‘a very good group’ Being Nico (2018).

‘They do not like women at all’ Sanders, Twen (1969).

‘regret a minute of it!’ Nico Discusses Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM6WxweVyds. Accessed 24 October 2019.

‘whitest white twill’ Warhol (2007).

‘barely audible against’ / ‘Nico is the first psychedelic singer’ Violet, U. (1988) Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol.

‘artist’ and ‘unemployed go-go dancer’ / ‘a white minidress’ Warhol (2007).

‘This is not exactly the wedding’ Unterberger (2009).

‘I do not like to perform’ Sanders, Twen (1969).

‘He was one of the most beautiful children’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘swallowed anything’ / ‘For a little boy of four’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘That was one of the saddest’ Croland interview.

‘It was only on the plane’ / ‘I slept in the bed’ / ‘The TV seemed’ Ari (2001).

‘She came to see him once’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘He was christened Ari’ / ‘She couldn’t take care of herself’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘she was angry about’ / ‘He [Delon] made out’ / ‘I was calling him’ Interview of Robert King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 19 (pp. 136–43)

‘He didn’t like this place’ Holzman, J. (2014) Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture. New York: FirstMedia Books. Kindle edition.

‘He was doing this gig with Nico’ Browne, J. (2005) Interviewed by Jody Denberg of KGSR radio. October.

‘We didn’t play every night’ / ‘There were loops’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘never noticed the crowd’ Meltzer, R (1971) in Screw Magazine. Accessed at the British Library, July 2018.

‘smoky [and] noisy’ / ‘The camaraderie which had been part’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘They originally wanted Nico’ Witts (1993).

‘Leonard Cohen the Canadian poet’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘I didn’t know any of these people’ Thompson, D. (2009) Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Backbeat. Kindle edition.

‘I was madly in love with her’ / ‘The years went by’ ‘When Leonard Cohen Met Nico’ (2016) Available at http://graham-russell.blogspot.com/2016/11/when-leonard-cohen-met-nico.html. Accessed 24 June 2019.

‘He came to see me’ Warhol (2007).

‘She was physically like a goddess’ / ‘Gee, I’m barely eighteen’ Witts (1993).

‘It wasn’t done in any kind of malicious way’ / ‘much to my’ Unterberger (2009).

Chapter 20 (pp. 144–51)

‘I didn’t go for the arrangements’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘loosely put together’ Wiseman R. (1982) Jackson Browne, the Story of a Hold Out. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

‘This record was basically’ Browne, J. (2005) Interviewed by Jody Denberg of KGSR radio. October.

‘None of us had any patience’ Unterberger (2009).

‘If they’d just have allowed’ Bockris, V. (2014) Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story. London: Harper Collins.

‘She just turned up on the doorstep’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘arrival on short notice from London’ Unterberger (2009).

‘Nico really was never a member’ Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart (1998) Directed by T. Greenfield-Sanders. American Masters, Eagle Rock Entertainment, WNET Channel 13 New York.

‘It was time for her to leave’ Interview of Lou Reed by Georgia Straight 1968. Accessed at the British Library, July 2019.

‘What she was doing was just a part’ / ‘It was never meant to be’ / ‘Her leaving was’ / ‘Nico set the tone’ /‘I was never totally’ Unterberger (2009).

‘At the time there weren’t a lot’ Interview of Dave Navarro by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘was so unhappy’ Unterberger (2009).

‘When I was a teenager’ / ‘It was pretty much a redneck’ Interview of Mark Lanegan by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘It’s kinda hard to be a fan’ Dave Navarro interview.

‘my favourite female album’ Interview of Peter Hook by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘The material she sang’ Unterberger (2009).

‘People more want to talk’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘That’s all she faced’ Interview of JD by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I was not in good nick’ Interview of Andrew Loog Oldham by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘last time I saw Brian Jones’ Unterberger (2009).

‘bragged of her fling’ / ‘her attraction to Hendrix’ Witts (1993).

Chapter 21 (pp. 152–60)

‘We were staying at the dumpy’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘I once heard a story from Bill’ Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘gaga’ / ‘at every opportunity’ / ‘“I’m going to take another von’  Manzarek, R. (1999) Light My Fire: My Life with the Doors. London: Penguin. Kindle ed.

‘It just wasn’t that sort of vibe’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Evidently, she gave great head’ Manzarek (1999).

‘I saw them [the Doors] perform’ Danny Says (2015) Directed by Brendan Toller. Magnolia Pictures. Available on Netflix. Viewed 13 March 2018. Quote modified in an interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, 30 March 2021.

‘Jim Morrison was a callous’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘strange haunted house’ Gorman, P. (2001) In Their Own Write: Adventures in the Music Press. London: Sanctuary.

‘It was this two-story house’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘quite a cast’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet  Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘We finally got up to the house’ Danny Says (2015).

‘Nico and Edie fled to their bedrooms’ Gorman (2001).

‘We started smoking’ / ‘He would just open his palm’ Danny Says (2015).

‘Jim and Nico standing’ Gorman (2001). Quote modified based on  interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, 31 March 2021.

‘He said to me one day’ / ‘He was the first man’ Batson, C. B. (2012). ‘Nico: The End [Reissue]’, Trebuchet magazine 29 September. Available at http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/nico-the-end-reissue/. Accessed 9 April 2019.

‘That’s what I think’ Unterberger (2009).

‘Peyote was a spiritual drug’ / ‘We had visions in the desert’ / ‘Everything was open’ / ‘We had a too-big appetite’ Batson (2012).

‘You could say that Jim’ / ‘I like my relations’ / ‘Jim Morrison had the best’ Witts (1993).

‘She [Nico] was obsessed with Jim’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

Chapter 22 (pp. 161–8)

‘In San Francisco, we’re a smash’ Violet, U. (1988) Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol.

‘I say to Andy’ Violet (1988).

‘She would practise it’ / ‘thought she was the Queen’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘The moon goddess Nico’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘Chic crowds turned up at Nico’s opening’ / ‘people were starting to file out’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Opening night was very crowded’ Eisen, J. (1970) The Age of Rock 2. New York: Random House.

‘She had a big crush on him’ / ‘a series of scenes’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘Most pop music to me is noise’ Walker, S. (1986) Nico, interview 3RRR FM, 2 August. Available at http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/rrr.html. Accessed 17 July 2019.

‘[smoking a cigarette, starts playing’ Nico (1985) Interview. Available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeU-BF78gM&t=96s. Accessed 11 July 2019.

‘I like the [cover] picture’ / ‘They call her the Dietrich’ / ‘Nico is beautiful’ Unterberger (2009).

‘I’ve never much cared for [the Warhol films]’ McKenna, K. (2001) Book of Changes: A Collection of Interviews. Seattle: Fantagraphics.

‘Elektra’s Danny Fields’ Unterberger (2009).

Chapter 23 (pp. 169–77)

‘She used to say how there used to be’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘looked good’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘They’d pretend, these agencies’ James Young interview.

‘Nico was into drugs way back’ / ‘Lou knew that’ Interview of Victor Bokris by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Most people self-medicate’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Show me one person’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘I guess artists have always’ / ‘As there is in our society’ Danny Fields personal archive.

‘Some of the most well-known jazz musicians’ Victor Bokris interview.

‘She [Nico] just fits into those fears’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘People tend to look at male musicians’ Interview of Cosey Fanni Tutti by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Nico’s slide into heroin’ Victor Bokris interview.

‘it was the Velvet Underground’ Interview of Robert King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I remember she used to come back’ Interview of Clive Crocker by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She started to take more drugs’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘obscured for years’ Victor Bokris interview.

‘It was almost a burden’ Dalton, D. (2002) ‘Nico and The Marble Index: A Conversation with Danny Fields’, Gadfly. Available at http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-and-the-marble-index-a-conversation-with-danny-fields. Accessed 16 July 2019. Quote slightly modified based on interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, 31 March 2021.

‘Everything was turbulent about her’ Reynolds, S. (2007) ‘From the Velvets to the Void’, Guardian, 16 March. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/16/popandrock3. Accessed 16 July 2019.

‘In her photographs’ Dalton (2002). Quote modified based on interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, 31 March 2021.

‘Nico arrived in the Factory’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘Fred doted on eccentrics’ / ‘liked to lie in the bathtub’ / ‘Nico was a true specimen’ Warhol, A. (2007) POPism. London: Penguin. Kindle edition.

‘Nico sleeps or stays sequestered’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘The next phase of Nico’ Dalton (2002).

‘It has to do with my going to Berlin’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘In the ’60s, in the Velvet Underground’ Victor Bokris interview.

‘I write the music independently’ Sanders, E. (1969) ‘Nico, the Cologne Girl in the US Underground’, Twen, August.

‘She was so afraid’ Dalton (2002).

‘Danny was close to the whole Warhol crowd’ Danny Says (2015) Directed by Brendan Toller. Magnolia Pictures. Available on Netflix. Viewed 13 March 2018.

‘At that time, I think I had established’ Dalton (2002).

‘Even though it wasn’t technically’ Being Nico (2018).

Chapter 24 (pp. 178–80)

‘She sat and read books of poetry’ / ‘I don’t know how much Wordsworth’ Dalton, D. (2002) ‘Nico and The Marble Index: A Conversation with Danny Fields’, Gadfly. Available at http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-and-the-marble-index-a-conversation-with-danny-fields. Accessed 16 July 2019.

‘She was sent to me by Elektra’ / ‘She was absolutely beautiful’ / ‘For the actual shoot’ / ‘In the early 1970s’ Interview of Guy Webster by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 25 (pp. 181–2)

‘Frazier Mohawk is the producer of the record’ Dalton, D. (2002) ‘Nico and The Marble Index: A Conversation with Danny Fields’, Gadfly. Available at http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-and-the-marble-index-a-conversation-with-danny-fields. Accessed 16 July 2019.

‘The songs were already in Nico’s head’ Houghton, M. (2007) Frozen  Borderline. Liner notes.

‘Before I did Index’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘every opportunity’ Thompson (1989)

‘You’ve got to remember’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘I was enormously comforted’ Goddard, S. (2009) Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. Cornwall: Random House.

‘that’s all I could listen to’ Houghton (2007).

Chapter 26 (pp. 183–7)

‘It hurt so much, I wished I was dead’ ‘June 3, 1968 – The Shooting of Andy Warhol’ (n.d.) Available at https://www.warholstars.org/chron/andydies68n33.html. Accessed 23 September 2020.

‘Please don’t make me laugh’ Thompson, D. (2009) Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. Backbeat. Kindle edition.

‘I was with Nico and Susan’ Interview of David Croland by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘playing of the album’ Marble Index invitation: Warhol archive.

‘an ear-piercing 16 minutes’ / ‘Nico spent the whole summer’ / ‘a tall redhead who refuses’ Bartlett, K. (1968) ‘Superstars Pop Out at  Warhol’s Party’, publication unknown. Taken from Danny Fields’s personal  archive.

‘Of course. There’s very little good music’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘They won’t let me back past the frozen borderline’ Danny Fields archive.

‘guided tour’ / ‘of the legendary Rock Castle’ Diehl, D. (1968) ‘The  Jefferson Airplane, Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Who, The Grateful Dead, Nico, and Yes, The Beatles Slept Here’, Eye Magazine. From the personal archive of Danny Fields.

‘The list of tenants’ / ‘She speaks in her tentative manner’ /‘a goldfish pond in the garden’ / ‘A twenty-two room castle’ Diehl (1968).

Chapter 27 (pp. 188–90)

‘I can’t make out a single real word’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘She’d call up and, in her low moan’ Holzman, J. (2014) Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture. New York: FirstMedia Books. Kindle edition.

‘Restricted sales but a beautiful album’ Unterberger (2009).

‘When I think of what I did at Elektra’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘It’s an artifact’ Unterberger (2009).

Chapter 28 (pp. 191–200)

‘that album allowed a lot of European angst’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘I like the Velvet Underground’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘I was meeting a lot of people’ / ‘A lot of people who were interesting’ / ‘I don’t remember the specific first time’ Interview of Iggy Pop by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘The next night or so’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘You kind of expected that Iggy’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘keeping company with her from time to time’ / ‘She was nine or ten years older’ / ‘I was really thrilled’ / ‘She didn’t want to be cuddled’ / ‘You know, [I was] a young, smart-ass rock singer’ / ‘She had all the accoutrements’ Interview of Iggy Pop by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘When Nico moved into the Fun House’ / ‘The Stooges didn’t want’  McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘She would come to our rehearsals’ / ‘She’d be very opinionated’ / ‘She’d try to cook’ Iggy Pop interview.

‘She’d make these great curry dishes’ / ‘The first time I ever had a Beaujolais’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘She’d feed me red wines’ / ‘She had a mix of so many things’ Iggy Pop interview.

‘Nico would call me all the time’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘The more we were together’ / ‘In retrospect’ / ‘It was getting colder’ / ‘It’s not a long period’ Iggy Pop interview.

‘Nico stayed a long time’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘I had a toy piano’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘I think it really pissed off de Menil’ / ‘There are a lot of farms’ / ‘It was very physical’/ ‘She probably wanted that imagery’ / ‘What a great song’ Iggy Pop interview.

‘We all went out to this farm’ / ‘I remember after she left’ McCain and McNeil (1997).

‘In my way, I loved her’ Iggy Pop interview.

Chapter 29 (pp. 203–8)

‘Laurence Olivier doing Richard the Third’ / ‘You thought he should’ / ‘There was nothing to see’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘misadventure’ ‘Brian Jones: Sympathy for the Devil’, Rolling Stone, 9 August 1969. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/brian-jones-sympathy-for-the-devil-182761/

‘This new one is very important’ Williams, R. (1970) ‘Nico, the Lonely Chanteuse’, Melody Maker, 21 March. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-the-lonely-chanteuse. Accessed 27 July 2019.

‘Dear Danny, I am getting nostalgic’ Danny Fields personal archive.

‘The beginning of the school year’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘Clémenti speaks French’ Greenspun, R. (1972) ‘“Inner Scar” by Talented Young Frenchman Shown’, New York Times, 7 October. Available at https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/07/archives/inner-scar-by-talented-young-frenchman-shown.html. Accessed 26 July 2019.

‘You need a bloody big spliff’ Metzger, R. (2015) ‘“The Inner Scar”: Velvet Underground Singer Nico Stars in Obscure, Pretentious French Art Film, 1972’. Available at https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_inner_scar_velvet_underground_singer_nico. Accessed 26 July 2019.

‘it started out with Philippe’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘Garrel was Nico’s … nightmare’ Interview of Robert King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘It was extraordinary’ / ‘She came back to New York’ Witts (1993).

‘She didn’t seem to help herself’ / ‘If she hadn’t been jonesing’ Dalton, D. (2002) ‘Nico and The Marble Index: A Conversation with Danny Fields’, Gadfly. Available at http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-and-the-marble-index-a-conversation-with-danny-fields. Accessed 16 July 2019.

Chapter 30 (pp. 209–16)

‘old people’s home’ / ‘From then on’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘There she died’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘She never visited her mother’ Wolff/Biadacz interview.

‘There were dead pigeons’ / ‘The most sensational feature’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘All three of us went to visit’ Ari (2001).

‘I would go in their [Elektra’s] office’ / ‘On one of those visits’ / ‘Some months later’ / ‘I still hadn’t met either’ / ‘When Moe gave me a cautious’ / ‘Whatever had gone on’ / ‘We met in New York’ / ‘wasn’t super-friendly’ / ‘I don’t think she had the ability’ / ‘I’d gotten to know Nico’ / ‘was a kind of naive painter’ Interview of Joe Boyd by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Her singing was more confident’ Witts (1993).

‘a chilling little chanson’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘She’d play me her new records’ Witts (1993).

‘A favourite New York memory’ Interview of Iggy Pop by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘What’s so strong about Nico’ Interview of Cosey Fanni Tutti by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I met Nico in 1970’ / ‘She would cry’/ ‘I had a big crush’ / ‘there were a lot of facets’ / ‘She used to play that harmonium’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 31 (pp. 217–31)

‘still best friends’ / ‘if he wants to work’/’ a movie director who gets killed’ / ‘I would really like to write’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘stunningly rude’ John Peel Wiki: ‘Nico’. Available at https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/Nico. Accessed 30 June 2020.

(Reed begins to play guitar / Nico (animated) / ‘Fields: You wanna do’ / ‘Nico: What do you want’ / ‘Fields: Are [you?] in touch with Joe’ / ‘Nico: Tell me’ / ‘Nico: I’d like to play’ Danny Fields personal archive.

‘The woman [Marks] was apparently saying’ / ‘She was black, she was white’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘We interviewed a lot of girls’ Interview of Joe Boyd by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘One night she came home with Joe’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Nico was, I dunno’ Reynolds, S. (2007) ‘From the Velvets to the Void’, Guardian, 16 March. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/16/popandrock3. Accessed 3 March 2019.

‘hated black people’ Personal email to Jennifer Otter Bickerdike from  Danny Fields, 30 July 2019.

‘When you come from Germany’ / ‘insufficient, and kind of comical’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She was so far from being a Nazi’ Dalton, D. (2002) ‘Nico and The Marble Index: A Conversation with Danny Fields’, Gadfly. Available at http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-and-the-marble-index-a-conversation-with-danny-fields. Accessed 16 July 2019.

‘I remember one afternoon’ Interview of Iggy Pop by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘a fit of madness’ / ‘I mentioned it in one song’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘I’m a little afraid of them’ ‘Nico: Shrink Rap’ (1985) Melody Maker, July. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-shrink-rap. Accessed 26 July 2019.

‘Jim’s grave did not resemble’ / ‘Can you give me some information’ Danny Fields personal archive.

Chapter 32 (pp. 232–48)

‘It annoyed me so much’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘just how ambivalent Reed felt’ / ‘so moved by the experience’ / ‘At the time’ Interview of Victor Bockris by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike 18 October 2018.

 ‘London March 13th, Dear Danny’ Danny Fields personal archive.

‘Wait until you smell her!’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

 ‘Athanor (Nico) is searching for fire’ ‘Les Hautes Solitudes’ (1974) Available at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071600/. Accessed 8 August 2019.

‘I never kiss and tell’ Reynolds, S. (2007) ‘From the Velvets to the Void’, Guardian, 16 March. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/mar/16/popandrock3. Accessed 3 March 2019.

‘Those albums are so incredible’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘Nobody knew who she really was’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘When she performed’ Interview of Lutz Graf-Ulbrich by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike 4 July 2017.

‘I went to her room and said bye’ Brine, J. and Marnell, C. (2017) ‘Niconomicon: A Conversation with Lutz Graf-Ulbrich’. Available at https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/niconomicon-conversation-lutz-graf-ulbrich-nico. Accessed 21 August 2020.

‘She invited me to her home’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘I worshipped her’ / ‘My years with Nico’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘Nico generally liked philosophers’ Lutz Graf-Ulbrich interview.

‘She didn’t hold hands’ Brine and Marnell (2017).

‘so hard to follow as a person’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘When she was taking heroin’ / ‘After a while’ Brine and Marnell (2017).

‘I was addicted’ / ‘sitting around hallucinating’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘I remember she once said’ Brine and Marnell (2017).

‘She wasn’t working on songs’ Unterberger, R. (2009) White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day-by-Day, revised and expanded e-book edition. London: Jawbone Press.

‘We were always looking for it’ / ‘We bought some heroin’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘He was angry and jealous’ Brine and Marnell (2017).

‘Andy [Warhol] was uncomfortable’ / ‘I remember realizing’ Interview of Vincent Fremont by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘One night I go to his [Reed’s] place’ / ‘You see him do this to Nico’ / ‘The reason that what Lou did’ Interview of Victor Bockris by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘The Nico episode [was] a bone of contention’ Bockris, V. (1994) Lou Reed: The Biography – Fully Revised Edition. London: Random House.

‘The way she has been treated’ Victor Bockris interview.

‘I think that John [Cale] was probably’ Interview of Jonathan Donohue by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Lou Reed is a very loyal Person’ / ‘One time in Berlin’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She only had a limited command’ Reynolds (2007).

‘far scarier than The Doors’ original’ Hogan, P. (2012) Nico, The End (Island IMCD 174). Liner notes.

‘It’s her interpretation’ Phil Jones (1974) in Melody Maker, 18 May 1974. Accessed at the British Library, August 2018.

 ‘If Morrison sang it as a lizard’ Reynolds (2007).

‘The End is full of these confused’ Lake, S. (1974) ‘Rock Goes to Church’, Melody Maker, December 1974.

‘truly chilling’ Hogan (2012).

‘[Brian] Eno making air-raid noises’ Reynolds (2007).

‘The very high priestess of Weird’ Lake, S. (1974) ‘Rock Goes to Church’, Melody Maker, December 1974.

 ‘They don’t come much more Gothic’ Hogan (2012).

‘fascinating to watch’ / ‘attempting to actually communicate’ / ‘I thought it [the LP]’ Lake, S. (1974) ‘I’m Not a Beggar Woman – Nico Talks to Steve Lake’, Melody Maker, June 1974.

‘When I sang on that song’ Thompson (1989).

‘very taken with what I’m doing’ / ‘Nico is a woman you can only use’/ ‘Oh yes … a lot’ / ‘Much of Nico’s time of late’ Lake, S. (1974) ‘I’m Not a Beggar Woman – Nico Talks to Steve Lake’, Melody Maker, June 1974.

‘I don’t want to be anybody’s Talisman’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

Chapter 33 (pp. 249–56)

‘to show love to my father’ ‘Philippe Garrel – Un Ange Passe (1975)’. Available at https://worldscinema.org/2019/02/philippe-garrel-un-ange-passe-1975. Accessed 8 August 2019.

‘A woman sitting on a bench’ Un ange passe (1975): Plot. Available at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073838/plotsummary. Accessed 8 August 2019.

‘Nico had no management’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘Money which we earned from Nico’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘I was invited to parties still’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She always wore this big, black robe’ Interview of Lutz Graf-Ulbrich by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike 4 July 2017.

 ‘Dear Danny, when will we see’ Danny Fields personal archive.

‘hang[ing] out in and around the pool’ Being Nico (2018).

‘sealed with a handshake’/ ‘never saw a penny’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘When I invited Nico’ Graf-Ulbrich interview.

‘The winter was cold’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘Staying at the Chelsea Hotel’ Nico (2001).

‘I went down to the Chelsea’ Interview of Joe Bidewell by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I didn’t know Lutz’ / ‘I remember her style of dress’ Interview of Jim Tisdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘After we had filled out the immigration papers’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘Nico’s physical appearance’ Dadomo, G. (1978) ‘Nico’, Sounds, 28 April. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico. Accessed 12 August 2019.

‘It’s true. She could be insecure’ Brine, J. and Marnell, C. (2017) ‘Niconomicon: A Conversation with Lutz Graf-Ulbrich’. Available at https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/niconomicon-conversation-lutz-graf-ulbrich-nico. Accessed 21 August 2020.

‘In the end, she wanted to be as ugly’ / ‘She wanted to detroy herself’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘She was a bit out of shape’ / ‘Snark sells’ Jim Tisdall interview.

‘Does time passing make you sad?’ Dadomo (1978).

‘She’s dressed in black cape’ Needs, K. (1978) ‘Nico in London: Rare 1978 Interview’, Zigzag, June.

‘Dear Lutz, I was here’ / ‘Dear Lutz, I’ll go back’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

Chapter 34 (pp. 257–71)

‘I am a pagan’ / ‘I was in fashion too long’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘Nico had an other-worldly character’ Thompson, D. (2002) The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock: In the Reptile House with the Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus and the Cure. London: Helter Skelter.

‘I know Siouxsie was a huge Nico fan’ / ‘She [Nico] opened the door’ Interview of Dave Navarro by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘the way she presented herself’ Interview of Mark Lanegan by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Amidst those awed by her’ Interview of Peter Clarke by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘They threw glasses at Nico’ / ‘The annoying thing’ / ‘No one else could have’ Needs, K. (1978) ‘Nico in London: Rare 1978 Interview’, Zigzag, June.

‘who had never been to a Punk concert’ / ‘If I had a machine gun’ Thompson (2002).

‘I stood on the stage at Hemel Hempstead’ Peter Clarke interview.

‘It was probably one of the best line-ups’ Interview of Stephen Mallinder by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘We went to meet her at the Marquee’ Interview of Cosey Fanni Tutti by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I winced because that meant I’d have to pay’ / ‘She was really shocked’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘we got backstage there was Nico!’ Wrenn, M. (1991) Andy Warhol in His Own Words. New York: Omnibus Press.

‘The area around the CBGB was not the finest’ / ‘She tried with both hands’ / ‘No one has told me about two shows’ / ‘The audience welcomed her’ / ‘She screamed’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘A memorable gig’ Interview of Joe Bidewell by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She asked me why I had not’ / ‘In addition to accompanying’ / ‘The whole thing was on a budget’ / ‘Drinking was one of her addictions’ / ‘The hard part [of the tour]’ Interview of Jim Tisdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I was at the Mabuhay Gardens’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘This film is very special’ Needs, K. (1978) ‘Nico in London: Rare 1978 Interview’, Zigzag, June.

‘At the top of a neo-classical building’ ‘Le Bleu des origines – User Reviews:  Hypnotic Study of Nico and Zouzou’ (n.d.) Available at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077242. Accessed 12 August 2019.

‘He’s being very good to himself’ Dadomo, G. (1978) ‘Nico’, Sounds, 28 April. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico. Accessed 12 August 2019.

‘I was busy doing my homework’ / ‘I was beginning to be frightened’ / ‘This bewitchment helped’ / ‘I do not remember the sequences’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘She gave him heroin’ / ‘Nico had told me that she got Ari hooked’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

Chapter 35 (pp. 272–86)

‘The heroin was the reveller’ / ‘We were a magical’ Ari (2001) L’Amour  n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la  Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘I’m only going by what Nico said’ / ‘She was a very … playful person’/ ‘I was sitting in the kitchen’ / ‘When I knew her’ / ‘The real Nico?’ / ‘She didn’t ever use her own name’/ ‘Every day in Ladbroke Grove’ / ‘Her  English was good’ / ‘One time, Lou Reed came to stay’ Interview of Robert King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘rarely showed her emotions’ Ari (2001).

‘Of course I have new songs’ / ‘I’ve been waiting to put new songs’  Dadomo, G. (1978) ‘Nico’, Sounds, 28 April. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico. Accessed 12 August 2019.

‘I have just enough for an album’ Needs, K. (1978) ‘Nico in London: Rare 1978 Interview’, Zigzag, June.

‘I’ve been sort of disappearing’ Thompson, D. (1989) Beyond the ‘Velvet Underground’. London: Omnibus.

‘I’ve signed it in my head’ Dadomo (1978).

‘It was really boring’ / ‘I always wanted to sing’ / ‘Lou was the boss’ / ‘as a tribute to Lou’ / ‘not quite so destructive’ / ‘Cale and a few other people’ Thompson (1989).

‘My mother showed some distrust’ Ari (2001).

‘was the capital of music’ / ‘There was quite a lot of heroin’ / ‘Nico, who was in her forties’ / ‘I remember Nico being very friendly’/ ‘was such a mess’ / ‘You never knew what Nico’ / ‘secretive’ / ‘Nico did her vocals’ / ‘Sixx had released an album’ / ‘It was all junkie business’ / ‘Nico didn’t like it’ / ‘it had already been out’ / ‘career was broken’ / ‘It was all pretty heavy’/ ‘I went backstage’ Interview of Bruno Blum by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘If you harken back’ / ‘There was a tall woman’ / ‘She was forever telling  stories’/ ‘She came with a French/Vietnamese woman’ / ‘I said that I would pay’ / ‘Nico was very overweight’/ ‘She kept giving excuses’ /  Quilichini started putting together’/ ‘I made it totally clear’ / ‘The £2,000 sounds right’ / ‘I picked the album cover shot’ / ‘“Aaron, I need some money’ / ‘From Nico’s standpoint’ / ‘They stitched together’ / ‘Duget and Quilichini were driving’  Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 36 (pp. 289–96)

‘Rip were based in Ladbroke Grove’ Interview of Phil Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I think Alan is written out’ / ‘Alan was one of the founders’ Interview of Phil Rainford by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Alan was one of the guys’ Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘He was like your cartoon’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘The Rough Trade agency’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘We were booking artists’ Interview of Nigel Bagley by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘her arms were horrible’ Phil Jones interview.

‘She had this chap in tow’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘I thought she was quite charming’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘At that first Rafters gig’ Phil Jones interview.

‘I met her for the first time’ Interview of Michel Wadada by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I was about sixteen when I met Mark’ / ‘We went into Rafters’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Nico was really down and out’ James Young interview.

‘Everybody had heard of her’ Phil Jones interview.

‘I took them [Nico and King] back to the hotel’ / ‘By this time, Nico’d moved’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘I found her somewhere to live’ Interview of Alan Wise by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She had no money’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘the past: Berlin, the war’ / ‘I spoke to Andrew Loog Oldham’ Antonia, N. (2018) ‘Nico & the Last Testament of Doctor Demetrius’. Available at https://ninaantoniaauthor.com/tag/alan-wise/. Accessed 15 July 2020.

‘She needed to perform’ Phil Jones interview.

‘He was absolutely besotted’ James Young interview.

Chapter 37 (pp. 297–301)

‘The first time I heard the Velvet Underground’ / ‘I thought she was stunningly beautiful’ / ‘She’d previously met Peter’ / ‘She comes in with her black robes’ / ‘She looked somewhat haggard’ / ‘When we did that first gig in Manchester’ / ‘She once gave me a list’ / ‘The lasting legacy is her music’ Interview of David J. Haskins by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 38 (pp. 302–8)

‘Alan gave me a call’ / ‘I would speak to Alan’ Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘We hooked her up with musicians’ Interview of Phil Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘period of perceived disintegration’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘She was a very modest person’ / ‘I lived in Holland at the time’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘beautiful, powerful and dark’ / ‘I was enraptured’ / ‘someone had stolen her diary’ Interview of Stella Grundy by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I was enormously comforted’ / ‘a tumbler half-filled with brandy’ / ‘When you sing a high note’ Goddard, S. (2009) Mozipedia: The Encyclopaedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. Cornwall: Random House.

‘We realized what an icon she was’ Phil Jones interview.

‘I think a lot of the people’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She used to say all the time’ / ‘She was a bit of a leech’ Phil Jones interview.

‘She met a few people’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I saw her being searched by police’ Interview of Richard Hector-Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘People just accept you for who you are’ / ‘If they [people approaching her or at interviews’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I’d always been a fan of the Velvet Underground’ / ‘When I was doing the solo gig’ Interview of ‘Spider’ Mike King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I went up to a rehearsal’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I think she was aware that there was a scene’ Interview of Martin Bramah by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 39 (pp. 309–17)

‘There was a knock at my door’ / ‘Nico, yeah’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘I said, “What’s going on?”’ / ‘It was the end of my academic life’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘a swing jazz be-bop drummer’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘You did have to force her to be creative’ Interview of Phil Rainford by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘[I decided to write the book about Nico] for money’ Nico: Icon (1995).

‘The thing about myths’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘There was a sense of a really solid identity’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘very funny … You could have a real laugh’ Interview of Phil Jones by  Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

 ‘She had few clothes’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘Everything was in a big leather holdall’ Interview of Spider Mike King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘As I got to know her over the years’ / ‘You had to force her to go and socialize’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘We went to her house’ / ‘She never wore heels’ Phil Jones interview.

‘She was almost proud that her teeth were rotten’ James Young interview.

‘shocked to see Nico’s teeth’ Woronov, M. (2013) Swimming Underground: My Time at Andy Warhol’s Factory. Los Angeles: Montaldo Publishing.

‘I don’t think she’d have labelled herself a feminist’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She concluded that taking heroin’ / ‘She was not a sexual being’ James Young interview.

‘All the time I knew her’ / ‘We got a certain amount of heroin’ / ‘She’d forget the words’ / ‘In the afternoon before we played’ Spider Mike King interview.

‘When we were on the road’ Interview of Martin Bramah by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I’d been thrown in the deep end’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘We had an experience going through customs’ Una Baines interview.

‘She’d write bits of poems on a fag packet’ Phil Rainford interview.

Chapter 40 (pp. 318–30)

‘Alan Wise did a pretty good job’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘She understood she was doing something’ Interview of Phil Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘We’d become her backing band’ / ‘When it came to the music’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘To become emotionally close’ / ‘I had no real understanding’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Her gigs were very unusual’ / ‘She used to use it as an ashtray’ Interview of Michael Wadada by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Could I trust Nico?’ / ‘The van was parked near a tree’ James Young interview.

‘We were very poor’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never  Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘We went to London’ Una Baines interview.

‘When I joined, it was like being recruited’ James Young interview.

‘People would go to the gigs’ / ‘There was a time when Nico was in the back’ Interview of Spider Mike King by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Sometimes I used to try and gauge the temperature’ Interview of Phil Rainford by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘The fascists were throwing coins’ Spider Mike King interview.

‘She was at one end of this room’ / ‘We used to sing together quite a lot’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘In Naples I was drinking late’ Spider Mike King interview.

‘The regret is that she didn’t make more music’ Simpson, D. (2019) ‘Nico in Manchester: “She Loved the Architecture – and the Heroin”’, Guardian, 5 July. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/05/nico-in-manchester-she-loved-the-architecture-and-the-heroin. Accessed 26 August 2019.

‘She was perceived as a strong female artist’ / ‘She could never work with’ Interview of Stephen Mallinder by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Had I more money, I would have more power’ Nico (2001) Cible  mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘Nico was in a man’s world’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘People see Nico, the ice queen’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She had a pool of musicians’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I mean that there was something unbearably pathetic’ / ‘One by one, the motley company’ Rose, C. (1983) ‘Nico: When the Peroxide Fades’, New Music Express, 29 January. Available at https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/nico-when-the-peroxide-fades/. Accessed 29 August 2019.

‘There were many gigs we were at’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I think she felt that her conspicuous addiction’ / ‘It is incorrect to say’ / ‘She would embellish the truth’ / ‘I can think of lots of examples’  Graham Dowdall interview.

Chapter 41 (pp. 331–5)

‘I was living in St Paul’s Road’ / ‘At the time, my children’s father’/ ‘Over the next few weeks’ / ‘She didn’t like women’ / ‘I think she liked me because she knew’/ ‘I went into Manchester city centre’ / ‘I remember how badly treated she was too’ / ‘I think sometimes she just craved’ Interview of Jane Goldstraw by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Alan had a very, very serious turn’ / ‘We tried, Nico and me, to see them’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 42 (pp. 336–50)

‘If I was writing my book’ / ‘I think Alan got the flat here’ / ‘A room was rented to us’ / ‘In those days, it was showing’ / ‘I remember the bloody bedsheets’ / ‘She’d never show any skin’ Interview of John Torjusson by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She didn’t like to bathe too often’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I think that her appearance was a way’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Her relationship to her own beauty is so conflicted’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Nico looked bad at times’ / ‘would always turn up’ / ‘Alan [Wise] lived downstairs’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘Whenever you went to her room’ James Young interview.

‘We sometimes used to go to the pub’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I don’t think she had a big racist philosophy’ John Torjusson interview.

‘I think it’s become part of the legend’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She would go to the separate Greek shop’ / ‘Slimming pills, which are basically speed’ / ‘She would always say’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I think the people around her amused her’ James Young interview.

‘I think she was a bit contemptuous’ John Torjusson interview.

‘used to complain about Al’s smells’ James Young interview.

‘Al worshipped Nico’ Graham Dowdall interview.

‘I remember him coming up the stairs’ John Torjusson interview.

‘very affectionate’ James Young interview.

‘two-fifths of the Velvet Underground’ Interview of John Cooper Clarke by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She was so proud of having Ari’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I think Ari was a very lost kind of person’ John Torjusson interview.

‘She had a strong sense of self’ James Young interview.

‘I think she really had the measure of people’ Interview of Una Baines by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She was an intelligent woman’ James Young interview.

‘Nico used to hang around the Peace Eye’ Interview of Ed Sanders by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘not a very nice time’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘I played music all the time’ John Torjusson interview.

‘So Nico wasn’t having sex’ Graham Dowdall interview.

‘There was no big ceremony’ Interview of Phil Rainford by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She didn’t really socialise with the Manchester glitterati’ Simpson, D. (2019) ‘Nico in Manchester: “She Loved the Architecture – and the Heroin”’, Guardian, 5 July. Available at https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/05/nico-in-manchester-she-loved-the-architecture-and-the-heroin. Accessed 26 August 2019.

‘I used to do the sound for the Stockholm Monsters’ / ‘As a musician, to watch Nico’ / ‘I remember she did a tour of eastern Europe’ / ‘She couldn’t pay for a session once’ Interview of Peter Hook by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

Chapter 43 (pp. 351–61)

‘didn’t really want to be involved’ / ‘Alan told me that Beggars wanted to do something’ Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘John Cale was actually worse than Nico’ / ‘She was in a much better place’ / ‘He had this production genius’ / ‘The core Faction was me and Jim’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘It was quite a thrill to unexpectedly’ Interview of Peter Saville by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She might be pushing 50’ ‘Nico: Shrink Rap’ (1985) Melody Maker, July.

‘I think Cale just appreciated her art’ Interview of Mark Lanegan by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She raises a hand to her face’ Watson, D. (1985) ‘Nico: “Watch Out, the World’s Behind You”’, New Musical Express, 3 August.

‘I’ve not quite arrived yet’/ ‘Where I live right now reminds me of Berlin’ NZ Interview with Nico (1985). Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOeUBF78gM&list=RDQMyDcbQVPSxg8&start_radio=1. Accessed 30 August 2019.

‘The real reason for my Residence here’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She ended up in squalor’ BBC Inside Out (2008) Nico Icon Play. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Kr9wjTUmc&t=169s.  Accessed 15 July 2020.

‘It was a different time’ Interview of Phil Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I remember talking to Alan’ Interview of Aaron Sixx by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She decided to stop, and to get on the methadone’ Nico: Icon (1995). Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘She just said she’d had enough’ Interview of Jane Goldstraw by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Methadone is a horrible drug’ / ‘Nico clean? You kidding?’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘She preferred to smoke hashish’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘They’re cutting the trees down in the Garden’ / ‘As sure as it had to be today’ / ‘Starting Monday, I will get my medication’ / ‘Opening a new Bank account’ / ‘Tuesday morning, afternoon’ / ‘When a man from the council’ / ‘My superstition being justified’ / ‘What the hell am I going to sit on’ / ‘Oh yes, I feel very privileged’ / ‘A Newspaperman doesn’t’ / ‘Human nature is clumsy’ / ‘Somehow I never managed’ Nico (2001).

‘We were talking about death’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘The moment is mine’ Nico (2001).

Chapter 44 (pp. 362–71)

‘It frightens me how much we are alike’ / ‘Monday morning, today’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She never ceased writing letters’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘Possibly the only rumour about Nico’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘My Management doesn’t do me justice’ / ‘When they say, that it’s time’ Nico (2001).

‘Bondi 17 February 1986’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘The End of the month’ / ‘But nothing can give me a bad reputation’ Nico (2001).

‘At the end of 1986, I left [the Faction]’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘everything just looks right’ Warhol, A. (2014) The Andy Warhol Diaries, edited by Pat Hackett. Hachette: New York.

‘I’d hardly seen her’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘In exactly three months and four days’ / ‘It’s late and I find it hard to write’ / ‘Writing this book’ / ‘All those young Musicians’ / ‘Tour is starting in ten days’ Nico (2001).

‘She was tired of the endless tours’ James Young interview.

‘There weren’t many people there’ Interview of Andy by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Code of Honour’ / ‘The sound of the life-support machines’ / ‘I can feel my nerves’ / ‘Today is my third day here’ / ‘In the morning Ari’s Psychiatrist’ / ‘At this place in Paris’ / ‘Wherever I may wind up’ Nico (2001).

Chapter 45 (pp. 372–7)

‘A study of the alienated people’ ‘Let’s Kiss and Say Goodbye’ (1988) Available at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133397/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1. Accessed 17 December 2020.

‘Nico was a mysterious figure’ / ‘I was so nervous to contact her’ Turner, L. (2012) ‘Interview: Marc Almond on Desertshore’, The Quietus, 19 November. Available at https://thequietus.com/articles/10721-marc-almond-desertshore-interview. Accessed 3 September 2019.

‘The last time I put her on’ Harrison, I. (2018) ‘Nico’s Last Decade’, Mojo, September.

 ‘Nico didn’t like the idea’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘Looking back, I think it was’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Compared with her last tour of Japan’ Young (1992).

‘the Moon’ / ‘When I met her in her last years’ / ‘There was a little stage’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘Nico’s new positivism’ Young (1992).

‘The gig in Berlin was fantastic!’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘really fired up’ / ‘At the last concert, Nico kept saying’ James Young interview.

‘She counted the money and was happy’ Graf-Ulbrich (2015).

‘She really flipped out’ https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/niconomicon-conversation-lutz-graf-ulbrich-nico. Accessed 21 August 2020.

‘I still think that I am rather apt’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘She was actually looking really well’ Interview of Jane Goldstraw by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘We finally got her royalties for her’ Interview of Phil Jones by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I think Ibiza meant for Nico a refuge’ / ‘[She] was definitely not a party animal’ Donlon, H. (2017) Shadows Across the Moon: Outlaws, Freaks, Shamans and the Making of Ibiza Clubland.

Chapter 46 (pp. 378–85)

‘I’m flying to Ibiza’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘Yes. Death for example’ Being Nico (2018) WDR 3 Westdeutscher  Rundfunk, 14 October.

‘One is only once in a lifetime’ Nico (2001) Cible mouvante. Chansons, poèmes, journal. Annecy: Pauvert.

‘Warm, naive again’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never  Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘Towards the end, she wanted to work’ https://ninaantoniaauthor.com/tag/alan-wise/. Accessed 31 March 2021.

‘She wanted to focus on writing’ / ‘I had salmonella and she took care of me’ Ari (2001).

‘We’d heard Nico was on the island’ Interview of Peter Hook by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘See you later, darling’ / ‘The night of the 18th, as she wasn’t back yet’ / ‘The next morning, no Nico’ Ari (2001).

‘“Has someone been brought in?”’ Interview of Clive Crocker by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Once there, the doctor’ Ari (2001).

‘They said, “She was in here.”’ Clive Crocker interview.

‘Manolo entered the room’ Ari (2001).

‘It was a terrible sight’ Clive Crocker interview.

‘headlines of the newspapers everywhere’ / ‘When I entered, I felt strange’ / ‘The terrible look on her face’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘We walked on past the giant elevated clock’ Donlon, H. (2017) Shadows Across the Moon: Outlaws, Freaks, Shamans and the Making of Ibiza Clubland.

‘refused to deal with her’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘The sun. And that was what killed her’ https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/niconomicon-conversation-lutz-graf-ulbrich-nico. Accessed 21 August 2020.

‘She was 49, but it was more a miracle’ Harrison, I. (2018) ‘Nico’s Last Decade’, Mojo, September.

‘Nico died from not having health insurance’ McCain, G. and McNeil, L. (1997) Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. London: Abacus.

‘She didn’t even reach this thing’ Interview of Andrew Loog Oldham by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike. 10 August 2018.

‘It’s ironic, given her inclination’ / ‘To survive all those years’ Witts, R. (1993) Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon. London: Virgin Books.

‘I always regret that’ Peter Hook interview.

‘I feel sure it could have been prevented’ Interview of James Young by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘A fortnight before her death’ Ari (2001).

‘She was going through her memories’ /‘It’s the sun,’ Nico: Icon (1995) Directed by Susanne Ofteringer. Available on youtube.com. Viewed 10 November 2018.

‘Last year I was talking to Ari’ Donlon (2017).

Chapter 47 (pp. 386–91)

‘Twen: What are you especially proud of?’ Sanders, E. (1969) ‘Nico, the Cologne Girl in the US Underground’, Twen, August.

‘Her grave is impossible to find’ Interview of Danny Fields by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Lutz brought us the news of her death’ Interview of Helma Wolff by Christian Biadacz.

‘When I found out, I thought’ Interview of Barbara Wilkin by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘I remember being really, really sad’ Interview of Graham Dowdall by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘Alan informed all of those New York people’ Interview of Phil Rainford by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike.

‘None of those big names were there’ Barbara Wilkin interview.

‘a shy, rumpled little guy’ Young, J. (1992) Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio. London: Bloomsbury.

‘It is convenient now for them to be friends’ Phil Rainford interview.

‘Everyone was concerned about the unstable Ari’ Graf-Ulbrich, L. (2015) Nico – In the Shadow of the Moon Goddess. Luxembourg: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

‘When I got my mum’s royalties’ / ‘Back in New York, I went out of my mind’ / ‘My mother was accused of “poisoning” the life’ Ari (2001) L’Amour n’oublie jamais (‘Love Never Forgets’). Pauvert: Departemente de la Librairie Artheme Fayard. Translated for this project into English.

‘For me, she was a very good mother’ Bernède, S. (2001) ‘Ari: The Whole Portrait of Alain Delon’, La Dépêche. Available at https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2001/04/22/224369-ari-tout-le-portrait-d-alain-delon.html.

Epilogue (p. 393)

‘Not everyone bought their album’ The Velvet Underground: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction. Available at https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/velvet-underground. Accessed 6 November 2019.

‘drug career’ Bos, C. (2017) ‘Cologne Has No Place for Nico’. Available at https://www.ksta.de/kultur/kolumne-ueber-den-plattenrand-koeln-hat-fuer-nico-keinen-platz-29289296. Accessed 15 July 2020.