Bjorn Ulvaeus Quotes

When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90’s with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular and when U2 invited Benny and I on stage to sing Dancing Queen, I just assumed we were being sent up. But now I see they were paying tribute to us

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

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

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

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.

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

Freedom from indoctrination ought to be a basic human right for all children.

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

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.

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

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.

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.