“My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.”

The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don’t want to go into!

Even when I was still a child I cut out pictures of prams from newspapers and imagined the feeling of pushing my own pram through fresh winter snow and seeing the wheels’ tracks behind me in the snow.

When I record, it feels like I’m in a bubble. There’s nothing else in my head right then.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film – something like ‘Titanic’.

When you love someone, and you’ve lost that one, then nothing really matters.

My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times.

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

I have one pug and one Czechoslovakian dog called Prazsky krysarik.

Abba’s last tour was a success but awful for me.

I must be allowed to be as I am.

No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It’s a thin line between celebration and menace.

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television.

When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough.

I have always had strong maternal instincts.

You never get it back, but to this day I don’t regret splitting up.

I guess I feel very strongly that I disagree with the notion of personalizing history and movements and big events.

You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.

No matter who you are,no matter what you do-do not be too big for GOD.

Hell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.

As a fighter, you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to get the big fights.

Sometimes the smallest details about a person are the biggest reasons why you love them.

When we feed our fourteen billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to Think Big.

When little things are so important, it’s because there aren’t any big ones.