‘Diamonds Are Forever' Songwriter Don Black | How Travel and Songwriting Intersect

Award-winning lyricist of ‘Born Free’ and ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ Don Black joins Tanya Rose to share his travel secrets this week.

In this episode, Don shares how he first started writing songs, why he believes Venice is a lyricist’s dream and why he thinks the Empire State Building is overrated…

Plus, he discusses playing snooker at the most famous billiards table in Singapore and reveals his most poignant travel memory meeting a fellow songwriter in Manhattan.

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Places mentioned:

• Hotel Cipriani, Venice
• Harry’s Bar, Venice
• Raffels, Singapore
• Empire State Building, New York
• Sardi’s, New York
• Shanghai, China
• Forte dei Marmi, Italy

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