I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

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

When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!

There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.

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.