Björn Ulvaeus

“I write the lyrics and Agnetha and Frida are the voices. I'm just the storyteller.”

“For us, the studio is a laboratory, not a factory.”

“I am a pop songwriter. But I am also a craftsman. I will do whatever it takes to make the song happen.”

“What is it with us and melancholy? It’s a Nordic thing. It’s in the jeans, in the soul.”

“The older you get, the more you see the absurdity of things.”

“Pop music is the soundtrack of our lives.”

“I'm a secular humanist. I'm a non-believer.”

“The secret of a pop song is that it's easy to remember. And that it is about something that has happened to you.”

“I think it’s important that people know that we are not a nostalgia band. We are a band that is alive.”

“It's difficult to get your creative juices flowing when you're in a bad mood.”

“Mamma Mia! is a story about a family. It's a story about a mother and a daughter.”

“I am an atheist. I don't believe in God.”

“We have a saying in Sweden, 'It's a long way to the nearest neighbor.'”

“I have always been a feminist.”

“There is a melancholy in the Swedish soul, and I'm happy to have it.”