Quotes from Nico

When I started with the Velvets, I wanted to sing Lou's song 'I'm Waiting for the Man,' but he wouldn't let me. I guess he thought I didn't understand its meaning, and he was right.

My dad is a great manager. He's not just competent - he's very clever.

With Great power comes great need to take a nap

I'm not good at making compromises.

Pressure is always a part of a racing driver's life, but my father helped me a lot on my way to becoming a F1 driver.

I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.

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.

I have no regrets except that I was born a woman instead of a man.

I haven't that much of a sense of humour.

It is a burden because I get asked about my father all the time. I just need to accept that he was a champion before me.

When you do 'Mad Fat Diary' or 'The Village,' you always learn about the particular time period, and that's always nice for an actor.

Things repeat themselves.

I guess I'm rather self-destructive, and I like to give other people who are self-destructive a song to sing.

I wanted to be an opera singer since I was a very little girl.

Yesterday doesn't count. It is what you do today that counts. No amount of talking about yesterday is going to change it.

I love film, and I think it's so important for kids to be educated about films and real life subjects that films cover.

In New York all the young people know me... I have a lot of friends... but I hate New York.

I have a reputation for not turning up to sing. It's something I want very badly to get rid of.

Sometimes I'm sad and mostly I like sad songs.

People think I'm not polite. But, what I have to say to people seems so unnecessary. I can't be forced. I'd rather just be what I feel. Even when I sing I try to imagine I'm all alone, there's nobody out there listening. I play with the notes, with the feeling. Each time the song is different for me.

I've really enjoyed my three years at 'Hollyoaks.' I worked with the most amazing people.

When I was a little girl I wanted to be a dancer. I studied ballet.

Image has an influence on what sort of car I will get to drive or deals that I'm offered by teams.

People in Finland have also adopted me because of my dad, and that's great, but it's the one language I can't speak.