Lionel Richie takes a haul of headwear into recording studios with him, as he insists on wearing a lucky hat whenever he lays down new songs.
The Hello hitmaker has penned more than a dozen chart-topping singles and won two Grammy Awards and an Oscar in his 44-year career.
Now he's revealed the secret of his songwriting success - his lucky hats.
Richie tells Q magazine, "I can't record a song unless I have a special hat on my head. That's probably the strangest thing about me - I have my charmed hats that I have to have before I can record. It's either a beanie or it's a tennis hat. We all have our things."