ABBA

"I don't get it... did we look like transvestites or something?"

"I'd hate the sound of thirty thousand people booing."

"I miss those days when people believed in science and common sense as in the Fifties and Sixties. Now fundamentalism and contempt for science seems to be spreading. I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That’s not the way it is today, not even in Sweden. For hundreds of years we have struggled to achieve a secular society, and now we seem to be going backwards."

"Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn’t been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered."

"The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure."

"We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were. Young, exuburent, full of energy and ambition."

"Touring we thought was a waste of time. It was much more productive and much more creative to write and record. I am glad today that we didn't tour. We knew it begins and ends with a song. Back then the entire business revolved around the song."

"Det sexigaste är när en person känner sig nöjd med sig själv."

"Mitt miljöengagemang är ingen hobby eller en andra karriär. Det är ett sätt att leva som kommer rakt från hjärtat."

"Punk never got into my heart. You hear the anger now in rap, for example, but it’s different and I like that very much. Eminem is one of my favourites."

"Absolutely. That will never die. It will not die with me, then!"

"They don't respect you. It's almost as they think they have the right to your life just because you're a celebrity. I don't accept that."

"I've always had a soft spot for our fans in Australia and their wonderful support … It obviously does not matter from where you are in the world, if people love your music, it travels borders and captures hearts. It has a life of its own. We are immensely grateful."

"...the energy exchange between us on stage and the audience was absolutely amazing."

"The moment on the town hall balcony was very heartfelt and I was moved to tears by the fantastic welcome from all the people in the street looking up on us where we stood. We felt like royalty at that moment, waving to them all down there."

"I've learned never to say never. You just don't know. But I've reached an age when you start taking it easier. But I enjoy singing. I still sing – at home."

"The person who started my nomadic life was my grandmother."

"Solitude has become my companion."

"The international press are trying to create some sort of hysteria around ABBA that doesn't exist. They are trying to make a myth out of us."

"Don't make me think This could be true Don't do it These lips so close Belong to who Don't do it"

"So don't tell me the story of your life I'd rather watch the movie Your Hollywood smile is not enough You're giving me the blues So when are you going to understand I'm not the woman to make you a man"

"Det var väldigt kul att arbeta med Frida, otroligt smärtfritt. Hon är enormt professionell"

"I'm not the person who looks back or looks forward. I try to live in what is now."

"That means a lot, it goes from generation to generation, and you can't wonder why, and I think it's because it's such a good energy in it, and I think the girls and boys, they want to dress like us, and they want to sing along."

"I think I was more like the black sheep, maybe, that, I was someone that you could blame on, but we were actually agreed on, that we had to stop now, because we came to a point, when it doesn't feel good anymore."

"Why should we do it? We have done so many songs, during such a long time. The fact that we had two divorces, and there was no meaning, I think, with getting together, again."

"I have been described as a very mysterious human being and that hurts a little bit, because it's not like that at all."

"I think to look in the future, to plan another one, it's not realistic right now. But I don't close any doors. I'm very open for what comes up. At the moment, we are so happy with this one. I really hope people will like it as much as we do."