by Buzzy » 01 Dec 2009, 10:19
Eleanor the main memory I have of Ariana as I would have known her is that the nuns used to make her bring in pop up books of German origin. Her father was a German millionaire and the nuns used to get her to stand in front of the class demonstrating the books and reading out the stories in English to us. She had a German accent and used to jump all over the place telling us the stories. The nuns though it was charming but would have belted us if we'd done it. She was absolutely wild. My best friend went to her house in Shepherds Bush london when she was about 10 years old and it was full of musicians, including Roxy Music, who were all stoned. Those nuns had no idea what was really going on. No surprise that Ariana herself was into music early on her first concerts were when she was about 15. Meanwhile most of her classmates went on to lead very ordinary lives. Funny how even at that age you could see she'd never conform.
"Give me a child until he is 7 and I will give you the man."