Next year, he plans to start work on a feature-length animation of High In The Clouds, the children’s tale he wrote with Rupert/Frog Song collaborator Geoff Dunbar, and is currently in talks with an American studio to see that happen.

He’s also got a guitar concerto on the back burner, and of course, there’s always the issue of getting The Beatles catalogue onto iTunes.

The Fab Four’s work isn’t available online due to legal wrangling between the two companies concerned – Apple Inc, those behind iTunes and the iPod, and Apple Corps, the company Sir Paul set up with the rest of The Beatles in 1968 to look after their affairs and recordings.

"I hope it happens," he says. "It’s out of our hands, really. It’s a business thing and there’s some gridlock somewhere.

"It’s the usual thing, when it’s a Beatles deal, it’s a big deal – it’s not like we’re just some new act.

"And when you’re talking about iTunes, obviously we’ve got to get a great deal," he adds. "I think we’re right, because we’re The Beatles!"

"It’s being held up, but I definitely hope it comes through because a lot of people are interested and it’s about time it happened. We’ve been goofing around enough, so if you’re reading this, whoever’s holding it up, stop it!"

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