Grace Chatto

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.

We watch the MOBOs every year and it has always been a dream to be involved.

Yeah, we're definitely not opposed to working with famous vocalists, but we really want to make sure that it's all about the sound of the voice and how appropriate it is for the song, and not kind of 'getting together with people just for the sake of it' kind of thing.

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.

When something sounds good, I don't think any of the connotations matter.

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

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.

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.

I'm of the opinion that gender is a social construct.

Neil Amin-Smith and I met playing in classical orchestras when we were children. We are from the same area of London. We met Jack Patterson when we were studying at Cambridge University, and decided to start the band together.

I've always been interested in alternative family structures.