By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — Morten Harket has revealed he has Parkinson’s disease.

The singer of a-ha, the band behind the 1985 hit and innovatively animated music video “Take On Me, ” shared the news during an interview with the group’s biographer.

“I’ve got no problem accepting the diagnosis,” Harket said. “With time, I’ve taken to heart my 94-year-old father’s attitude to the way the organism gradually surrenders: ‘I use whatever works’.”

Harket, 65, explained why he wanted to share his diagnosis publicly.

“Acknowledging the diagnosis wasn’t a problem for me; it’s my need for peace and quiet to work that has been stopping me. I’m trying the best I can to prevent my entire system from going into decline,” he said. “It’s a difficult balancing act between taking the medic

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