My concern is to keep religion and the state separated. I don't think that religion and politics go together. When you see political decisions colored by religion, decisions that affect us all... I thought: 'I do not want to go back to medieval times.'

Bjorn Ulvaeus

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Some values must be universal, like human rights and the equal worth of every human being.

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Every time I sit in the audience and watch a show that I have been involved with, it is such an amazing feeling to see all those people around me, knowing they are actually watching and enjoying something I have written.

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Freedom from indoctrination ought to be a basic human right for all children.

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I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious.

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I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden.

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In my career the push has always been to take another step, to try something new.

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Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.

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When ABBA broke up, I assumed our music would fall into oblivion so in the early 90's with BJRN AGAIN becoming popular and when U2 invited Benny and I on stage to sing Dancing Queen, I just assumed we were being sent up. But now I see they were paying tribute to us

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Well 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.

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Before the Beatles, songwriters were very anonymous people and nobody paid any attention to them.

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Contempt for science could perhaps depend on the fact that, science hasn't been able to solve any of our basic problems, for example the environmental pollution or the problems with HIV and AIDS. This is the worst disease of our time, and scientists are lost. I believe that many people are disappointed with science when the answers we need are not delivered.

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There is a very vibrant cultural scene in Stockholm. There are lots of places where there are concerts, and there are loads of museums and theaters.

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The UN declaration on human rights must always be first in line before religion or other cultural habits, in case of any conflict between them.

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The story of Jesus is very fascinating. It still has such a tremendous power, even after 2,000 years! We don't really know if he existed as a historical figure.

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I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions.

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And also a lot of Muslims are no more religious then the average Swede. For them it's natural that human rights come first.

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The situation in America is when it starts moving there, all the bands from England move over to America and work from there, so that they're available all the time for everyone that wants them in person.

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I used to look so immature, like a young man without self-confidence. There was one particular light blue, shiny cape outfit I wore that still makes me cringe.

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Stockholm is unique in that it's built on islands and surrounded by water, so you get this enormous sense of freedom. It's got everything you could possibly need - everything New York or London has but without all the people and traffic. It's also become a very creative city, not only for music but also for fashion and computer games.

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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.

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