I may have aimed too high sometimes, asked too much of myself and demanded too little from those around me.

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

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

I just want to live in peace and quiet.

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

I have always had strong maternal instincts. 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.

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