Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Following the release of the White Album in 1968, in which Paul McCartney had played drums on a couple of tracks, John Lennon was asked in an interview if Ringo Starr was the best drummer in the world.

Lennon quickly responded, "In the world? Ringo's not even the best drummer in The Beatles!"





Back to the OP. Lennon was a notorious wiseguy. It could have been a defense mechanism to mask his secret feelings of inadequacy (doubtful), or just John being John - a clever, amusing jerk. The class clown. Many of his "quips" were actually very hurtful to the targets of his remarks.