Trivia

The father of her son is Alain Delon. She had an affair with him in 1961.

Worked for Coco Chanel.

She taught herself to play the harmonium, with the help of Ornette Coleman, and used it as the primary instrument on her later albums. She was inspired to start writing her own lyrics after Jim Morrison suggested she record her dreams. Her songwriting method was to lie for hours in a darkened bath, surrounded by candles. She credits poets Rainer Maria Rilke and Sylvia Plath as her main influences.

Longtime companion of film director Philippe Garrel; they lived together for about 10 years.

Met eighteen-year-old Jackson Browne in New York City. He later played guitar behind her onstage, and contributed to her first album, "Chelsea Girl".

Studied acting in 1960 at Lee Strasberg's Method School in New York, joining the same class as Marilyn Monroe.

Following her untimely death, she was interred along with her mother at Grunewald Forest Cemetery in Berlin, Germany.

Liked to wear black clothes and motor bike boots.

Spoke English, French and German fluently.

Has influenced many musicians as well as numerous contemporary goth bands.

Her album "Chelsea Girl" and her collaboration with 'The Velvet Underground', "The Velvet Underground & Nico", appear on Robert Dimery's list "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

Nico was played by Lorelei King in the stage play "All Tomorrow's Parties".

Ranked #87 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.

Was named "Nico" by German photographer Herbert Tobias, after his ex-boyfriend Nikos Papatakis.

The character Lane Kim from Gilmore Girls (2000) is a huge fan of her.