Sir Paul McCartney has been fielding fan requests for over 60 years, but there’s one he will always refuse to do – and that’s posing for selfies.

The 83-year-old, who was a founding member of The Beatles before going solo in 1970, opened up about how fame has changed throughout his career in a new podcast interview.

Speaking to The Rest is Entertainment ’s Richard Osman and Marina Hyde, he said that phones have changed everything when it comes to fan interactions.

“Now – phones. So if I meet someone, they’re reaching for their phone, and I say: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t do pictures.’ And that is radical these days,” he said.

Sir Paul McCartney speaking to Marina Hyde and Richard Osman (The Rest is Entertainment)

“I told that to Oprah – I'm name-dropping now – and she said, ‘You don't do pictures?’ I said, ‘No.’ She said, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘I don't want to.’ It's as simple as that.”

As for why he always declines selfie requests, the singer-songwriter said that he doesn’t want to feel like the performing monkey…