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.

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

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

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

I believe that religious faith schools are highly dubious.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Misery and poverty of a nation is associated with the conscious of its people not leaders.

The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism.

So often we talk about saving the planet, but what we really mean is to save the planet the way it is, so we can live here. So that is can sustain us.

The wind and the rain, gives this place a gleam that just isn't natural. And the ground, alive with crawling things, crawling death.

Cinema is changing every week, and multiplex audiences are demanding every week.

There is a false modesty, which is vanity; a false glory, which is levity; a false grandeur, which is meanness; a false virtue, which is hypocrisy, and a false wisdom, which is prudery.

Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that they can get almost everything they focus on!

I do what many dream of, all their lives

Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.

The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.