"It came as a big shock to me to know there were 17 to tell you the truth," he told BBC 6 Music."I don't keep count, I suppose that's somewhat flash - people know my figures better than I do."The best traditional pop vocal album Grammy was his first for a record of new material since his Beatles days.He might have lost count of how many Grammys he has on the mantle-piece, but Sir Paul said receiving praise from the American awards is always flattering."I don't think a lot of the best musicians in the world got Grammys, it only goes to a select few, and so to be one of those for the 17th time is phenomenal," he said.
Sir Paul did not attend the awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday but watched it on television. The musician said the moment he and his wife received news of the win via a text message from his manager was "particularly exciting"."We were watching it on telly, it was like 'Oh yeah!'. You can imagine the room went wild," he said. The singer also shared his theory for Grammy success - not to attend the awards."The only way to win one is to not go," he laughed. "The minute you go and you're sitting in the audience it'll be 'And the winner is... John Mayer', and you do that face, and you smile and clap and go 'how good humoured am I?'.Last year, Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic joined forces with Sir Paul for some casual recording sessions.
