The 1980 song Willie Nelson pulled out of thin air to become a number one hit: “It just started to click”Artists have written songs in an array of absurd and preposterous places for as long as time. He has a rare gift that most songwriters envy who yearn to draw in and captivate listeners as Willie can. Nelson was travelling by plane with Jerry Schatzberg, the director of Honeysuckle Rose, and the film’s executive producer Sydney Pollack. Nelson didn’t even bother thinking about that part of the song until the day before he was just to record the song. Only Willie Nelson could be blasé enough to carve gold from some scribbles on the back of a sick bag, and it’s a fitting epitaph that epitomises his relaxed approach to life.