Quotes from Grace Chatto

We're kind of influenced by all the different people we meet.

Playing an instrument is such a wonderful pleasure.

To work with different singers gives us creative freedom because we can experiment with different sounds on every song.

We were introduced to a lot of dance music that we were blown over by. Kidnap Kid we love, WOZ, and Rudimental.

This way of working on individual songs in isolation from other songs is actually how we've always kind of done it.

Italy is best for holidays.

We'd love to collaborate with Sam Smith. I've told him. Many times. We've got loads of songs we've written that we can literally just hear his voice on.

Gigs in Scotland are always so much fun.

It was an honor to work with Julia Michaels.

Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of the Labour party, and suddenly there was a reason to get involved.

Being in adverts, it's a tricky thing, I suppose.

Breaking apart from someone you love very much can be unbearably painful, but finding yourself again can be a beautiful thing if you do your solitude right.

Well, the band name is just a stupid thing. We used to live in Russia and our friend there, a Russian lady just kind of described my sister as a clean bandit.

For me, I'm not that interested in reading newspapers, for example, so the Labour Live event is a really good way for me to engage in party politics and hear speeches and have discussions.

Me wanting to play in Israel is not me making a statement about what's going on there.

Drake, the way he uses that Auto-Tune has always been attractive, hasn't it?

If it's a heartbreak-related stress, I like to listen to Lauryn Hill's 'Forgive Them Father' the most, especially the harmonies.

If it's a Clean Bandit-related stress, there are smooth things they play on Classical FM that can help, such as Barber's 'Adagio for Strings,' or there is a choral version of it too that is very relaxing.

I've always been interested in alternative family structures.

Keeping your lives as varied as possible is a good thing.

We don't really think about it in a formulaic way, we just use the different styles as and when it feels right.

Glasgow with its art and music scene has so much going on, it's attractive to people and there seems to be a good vibe up there.

I hope our sound has introduced pop fans to classic and vice versa.

Shooting videos is the most intense, full-body experience.