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.

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.

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

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

It has always felt like a failure that Bjorn and I couldn't keep our family together. You never get it back, but to this day I don't regret splitting up. The reason behind our separation is one of those things I definitely don't want to go into!