Paul McCartney Gave Up Pot Long Ago- Wants to Be a Good Grandpa

Paul McCartney said that he is clean and green and has not smoked pot for a very long time.

The 72-year old Beatles member said that setting a good example to his grandchildren is part of his motivation in giving up the habit, Telegraph UK said.

"I don't do that any more. Why? The truth is I don't really want to set an example to my kids and grandkids. It's now a parent thing," he said in an interview.

"Back then I was just some guy around London having a ball, and the kids were little so I'd just try and keep it out of their faces."

The award-winning musician, further, admitted that he had replaced the habit with safer ones.

"Instead of smoking a spliff I'll now have a glass of wine or a nice margarita. The last time I smoked was a long time ago," he said.

It was in 1980, that the Hey Jude hitmaker was arrested in Japan after being found out to be in possession of large quantities of marijuana. He spend ten nights in jail as sanction for his crime, Fox News said.

The news source further said that since then, the musician has been an advocate of healthy lifestyle including his decision to be a vegetarian.

Meanwhile, the British musician also revealed some exercises including doing handstands as part of his fitness regimen, The Hamilton Spectator reports.

"I do a bit of the cross-trainer, a bit of running, a bit of cardio and then I do some weights, some abs on the Swiss ball, before ending up on the mat doing a few stretches. And then standing on my head."

Paul McCartney, further said, that guys in the gym find it amazing that he can do these routines efficiently.

"But what's cool about it is that I'll be in the gym with all these guys doing really big weights, whilst I'm there doing not big weights, and afterwards, when I've done my headstand for about five minutes, these big guys will come up to me and say, 'That was pretty impressive, man!'"