Bjorn Ulvaeus

People ask me if I am going to write my memoirs. But even if I wanted to, I would not be able. I have extremely few memories.

All these years later, I have almost no memory of the shows themselves. It's a blur. I remember my jogging runs better - that was my way of getting my energy together. I used to try to get to the arena as late as possible; otherwise, I'd just be pacing around, waiting to go on.

In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the guitar. By the time we were in ABBA, the music was the only important thing.

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

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.

The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

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

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

My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don't think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all... I thought: 'I do not want to go back to medieval times.'

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.

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