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" Everyone should pursue whatever is original in oneself. That's the way for a long life in music. "

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" I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh! "

" Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion. "

" And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first. "

" Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes. But the urge to write is something you have to have. A conviction, an ambition to write and never stop until you think, 'This is the best I can do.' "

" In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new. "

" There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters. "

" Stockholm is unique in that it's built on islands and surrounded by water, so you get this enormous sense of freedom. It's got everything you could possibly need - everything New York or London has but without all the people and traffic. It's also become a very creative city, not only for music but also for fashion and computer games. "

" If you were to ask me what I couldn't do without, it would be sashimi. "

" I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe. "

Self-Confidence

" Look at all the misery in the Middle East, for example. All these countries have Islam in common, and far too few dare to criticize Islam as an ideology, and what it's doing to these countries. I know I might get punched in the face for saying these things, but my conviction is that less religion in the world would be better. "

" Every time I sit in the audience and watch a show that I have been involved with, it is such an amazing feeling to see all those people around me, knowing they are actually watching and enjoying something I have written. "

" In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around, and that I thought would be finished in 1981 and forgotten. I'm amazed how this could happen, and I don't know why it happened. I'm just grateful and humble. I just sit back and enjoy. "

" Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it. "

" The music of ABBA is not that happy. It might sound happy, in some strange way, but deep within, it's not happy music. It has that Nordic melancholic feeling to it. What fools you is the girls' voices. You know, I do think that is one of the secrets about ABBA. Even when we were really quite sad, we always sounded jubilant. "

" If that doomsday scenario happens, will it help if you have heaps of paper money? I don't think so. "

" I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden. "

" Well mostly in song writing my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes. "

" I want people to remember ABBA as we were. I don't think that four geriatrics wheeled on stage is what we should leave as our legacy. "

" I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions. "

" Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights. "

" Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them. "

" Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being. "