John Mayer throws back Katy Perry's 'best' ex-lover compliment

Katy Perry may have ranked John Mayer as tops of her ex-lover list. But Mayer just doesn't care.

Rolling Stone magazine asked Mayer what he thought of the odd Perry compliment which surfaced earlier this month.

"I don't have a cool-enough thought for you. I've hacked this game. I pay very little of the price of fame now," Mayer told the music magazine. "I get to play the music that moves me the most. I'm having the time of my life. I'm 39 – I remember 32. I don't wanna do it again."

According to Entertainment Weekly, TV talk show host James Corden asked Perry to rank three ex-lovers according to their sexual performances, from worst to best. During the June 12 appearance, Perry listed Diplo, whom she dated in 2014, first. Then she listed Orlando Bloom.

Mayer, whom Perry was involved with on-and-off through 2015, was the last man mentioned, thus the winner of the Perry prize.

Another thing Mayer has moved past: alcohol, which he's replaced with marijuana.

"I put it where drinking used to go, and the quality of life has gone up considerably," Mayer told Rolling Stone. He called alcohol "a con."

"It always feels wrong for me. I always feel like I went overboard," Mayer said. "There's never an amount that felt like I was succeeding at life. It always felt wrong."