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ABBA was a direct influence on me. -- Beth Ditto
You're not really supposed to like ABBA in Sweden. It's nerdy. -- Izabella Scorupco
ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that. -- Lasse Hallstrom
Every decade has its ABBA; that's the proof that pop will always be around. -- Gerry Beckley
I think ABBA have a pure joy to their music and that's what makes them extraordinary. -- Bono
I promise you, ABBA will never reform - I couldn't bear the stress of disappointing everyone. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
I wanted a name that would put us first in the phone directory, or second if you count ABBA. -- Martin Fry
I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff. -- Tammin Sursok
I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late 70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording. -- Taylor Hawkins
I want people to remember ABBA as we were. I don't think that four geriatrics wheeled on stage is what we should leave as our legacy. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording. -- Taylor Hawkins
The most important thing is that you honor that musical integrity, whether you make music that sounds like ABBA or you make music that sounds like Void. -- Dave Grohl
When I was eight, my pals and I went up to my bedroom, put on our party frocks and mimed to ABBA records using broom handles as microphones. -- Kylie Minogue
I don't own an ABBA album, and I never had the urge to go and buy one. If you're just talking about well crafted pop songs, they were fantastic. -- Phil Collins
Of course, we wore silly outfits, the pictures were corny, and some people still focus on that. But ABBA wasn't a big intellectual thing. We were a pop group. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though. We were sincere and devoted to what we did. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the guitar. By the time we were in ABBA, the music was the only important thing. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
When I was younger, I was listening to a lot of Armenian music, you know, revolutionary music about freedom and protest. In the 70s I was listening to soul and the Bee Gees and ABBA, and funk. -- Serj Tankian
I remember Tim telling me that he had an idea for a musical and he said to me that he was hoping that ABBA would be writing the music, which I thought was a pretty wild idea because they were obviously known very much as pop writers. -- Elaine Paige
I do listen to Abba. And a lot of '80s and '90s pop music. -- Camilla Lackberg
When I was 25, Abba was formed. After Abba I made three solo albums. Maybe I have been productive enough. -- Agnetha Faltskog
I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba. -- Pete Waterman
I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff. -- Lasse Hallstrom
I was so tired once 'Abba' was over and just wanted to be calm and with my children. I married, was in 'Abba,' had my children, divorced, all in ten years. I wonder how I managed it, but I was young. -- Agnetha Faltskog
I was overjoyed when I was offered the title role in 'Well Done Abba.' I was ready for the role even before I heard the story because you don't ask questions when it is Shyam Benegal's film. It is the chance of a lifetime. -- Boman Irani
I believe in God - not in a Catholic God; there is no Catholic God. There is God, and I believe in Jesus Christ, his incarnation. Jesus is my teacher and my pastor, but God, the Father, Abba, is the light and the Creator. This is my Being. -- Pope Francis
I spend a lot of time with the grandchildren. They love it when we sing together. It's fantastic to hear them, and they really can sing. I don't talk to them so much about 'Abba' and the past, but as they get older, they will become more aware. -- Agnetha Faltskog
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
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
Shyam Benegal has found a lovely voice in this film. We've all seen the kind of cinema he's come up with over the years. His films like 'Mandi,' 'Manthan,' 'Sooraj Ka Saatvan Ghoda' all have revolutionised the face of Indian cinema. And in 'Well Done Abba,' he has once again found a relevant subject, which even youngsters can relate with. -- Boman Irani
Abba's last tour was a success but awful for me. -- Agnetha Faltskog
Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'. -- Michael Palin
In times of need I call unto you Abba Father and you answer. -- Euginia Herlihy
My child, wilt thou not at this time cry unto me, 'Abba, Father?' -- Alexander MacLaren
The life of Jesus suggests that to be like Abba is to show compassion. -- Brennan Manning
My life is as good as an Abba song. It's as good as Dancing Queen. -- Toni Collette
I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then itâ??s my stuff. -- Lasse Hallstrom
Abba Dorotheos said: No matter what kind of sorrow comes to you, don't blame anyone but yourself, and say, "This has happened because of my sins." -- Ignatius Bryanchaninov
Today on planet Earth, may you experience the wonder and beauty of yourself as Abbaâ??s Child and temple of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ -- Brennan Manning
Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being to God our Abba Father. It is Divine Union. -- Richard J. Foster
This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father "in heaven," and ascends to devout adoration, "Hallowed be Thy name." The child lisping, "Abba, Father," grows into the cherub crying, "Holy, Holy, Holy. -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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