Former Beatle Paul McCartney admits he considered making his latest disc, Driving Rain, a dance album, to compete with pop queens Britney Spears and Madonna.
It could have been a really good pop record, he reckons, but his friends would have complained.
"Elvis Costello would have been on the phone immediately, telling me off," he jokes.
McCartney has also revealed that he doesn't mind living as a legend.
"This Beatles monster has been a very nice monster. It's my friend."
"Even if one works in the shadow of it, I usually ignore him, maybe wave to him or say hello, then I go on with my business."