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

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

When I record, it feels like I'm in a bubble. There's nothing else in my head right then. It's just that song, and I'm trying to really sound like what the song is about.

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.

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 am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.