Bjorn Ulvaeus Professions : Songwriter Born : April 25, 1945 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Bjorn Ulvaeus England was always very special. It was so important because the reason Benny and I started writing was the Beatles. During the Sixties, England was everything. To be number one in England was more important than being number one in America because England set the tone. Bjorn Ulvaeus important special writing america There are still many places I haven't seen that I'd like to travel to. I've never seen the Pyramids, and I'd love to explore the culture in North India. I think walking in the Andes would also be awesome. Bjorn Ulvaeus walking love culture travel Everyone should pursue whatever is original in oneself. That's the way for a long life in music. Bjorn Ulvaeus music life long way I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh! Bjorn Ulvaeus face good song love The music of ABBA is not that happy. It might sound happy, in some strange way, but deep within, it's not happy music. It has that Nordic melancholic feeling to it. What fools you is the girls' voices. You know, I do think that is one of the secrets about ABBA. Even when we were really quite sad, we always sounded jubilant. Bjorn Ulvaeus you sad music happy If that doomsday scenario happens, will it help if you have heaps of paper money? I don't think so. Bjorn Ulvaeus will think you money Mostly, in song writing, my experience is that there isn't so much inspiration as hard work. You sit there for hours, days and weeks with a guitar and piano until something good comes. But the urge to write is something you have to have. A conviction, an ambition to write and never stop until you think, 'This is the best I can do.' Bjorn Ulvaeus best good hard-work work In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around, and that I thought would be finished in 1981 and forgotten. I'm amazed how this could happen, and I don't know why it happened. I'm just grateful and humble. I just sit back and enjoy. Bjorn Ulvaeus looking enjoy grateful humble Sweden is an open, liberal, secular and democratic country. We strive towards achieving equality; we are forward-looking and refuse to be pulled back by social constructs such as religion. Bjorn Ulvaeus back equality country religion Religion is the root of so much misery in the world, and I've always thought there is lack of criticism against it. Bjorn Ulvaeus thought criticism world religion Similar Authors Ahmet Ertegun songwriter Brenton Brown songwriter Butch Walker songwriter Bryan-Michael Cox songwriter Aurora Aksnes songwriter Audrey Assad songwriter All Authors
