Nothing, really. But without little sleeping pills, I’d go crazy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
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Nothing, really. But without little sleeping pills, I’d go crazy.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗
Getting older and dying.
Not reading my bank statements thoroughly enough!
Anxiety. Usually the best response is to think hard about things, work up some solutions and then go to sleep.
All of the anxious thoughts that you are able to escape during the day that somehow know when you are lying down to relax.
A cabaret act with Agnetha, Frida and Benny. It was in a nightclub in Gothenburg and one night we had seven in the audience. It was before we found out that we were a pop group.
Successful like my two uncles, who were paper industry magnates.
If it wasn’t for coronavirus, it would be right now. All my life I’ve felt a pressure to achieve. It’s gone now, and that gives me a sense of freedom. Whenever I, for short moments, forget about corona and climate change, I’m happy.
Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.
It’s a calm and secure feeling of deep loyalty.
My surname. You have no idea how many versions I’ve read and heard. It was especially irritating during my Abba years. You can imagine someone calling our hotel and saying: “I’d like to speak to one of the guys in Abba.” Who do you think the receptionist called, Andersson or Ulvaeus?
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