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Radio 6 Music,26 mins

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Cerys chats to the multi-award winning lyricist of tracks such as Born Free and Diamonds Are Forever about his philosophy for penning great lyrics, his love of Cole Porter and Jake Thackray and the song brief that left Quincy Jones blank and staring at a piano for an eternity as he waited for inspiration to strike.

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