A song about post-teenage angst like 'Mad World' seems to be permanently relevant.

Two decades later, Gary Jules sang 'Mad World' for the film 'Donnie Darko' and got the Christmas No 1 in 2003. That was probably the proudest moment of my career.

It's not good for you to be barred from traveling to certain places in your head because some skeleton is in the closet.

I kept a lid on my feelings at school but, when I was 18, dropped out of everything and couldn't even be bothered to get out of bed.

Happiness, the feeling of positivity, really is the foundation of productivity.

The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists on. They were great. I never got them mixed up with the characters, though. Each of them had his own strong personality.

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.