"Of course, it's her own sexuality that she's denying", he continued. Did I know that she'd been raped as a teenager in Berlin? I didn't. Nico was working as a temp for the U.S. Air Force. A black American Sergeant had raped not only her, but other girls under his employ. She'd kept quiet about it, but he was found out and court-marshalled. She had to testify for the prosecution at his trial. He was sentenced to death and shot. Nico was 15. "Not only does she have to carry the horror of the rape but the secret guilt of somehow being complicit, by her testimony, in his execution. Sex for Nico....is irrevocably associated with punishment."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
James Young in Songs They Don't Play On the Radio
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nico
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Nico
Nico (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), born Christa Päffgen, was a German fashion model, actress, singer, and composer.
15 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Nico →
Related Quotes
"I would say the time has not yet come. I rebel against the present, whenever it is, because I have not seen any chang…"
"I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me."
"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, …"
"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 siste…"
"Jim Morrison tells me that people are looking at the streets while I am looking at the moon. I do not feel connected …"
"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 …"
"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 yo…"
"You are beautiful and you are alone."
"Often the adolescent plagueReward your graceConfuse your hunger capture the fake..."
"Banish the faceless reward your graceBanish the faceless reward your grace."