| Interviewer: | On Billboard's list of the biggest selling artists of 2010, there's a glaring absence of rock musicians.
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| ConorOberst: | We're on a pop wave again. But any genre of music can be done really well, or it can be done not so well. I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, "I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record." That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor. The celebrity element is not interesting… at all.
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| Interviewer: | You're referring to American Idol…
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| ConorOberst: | Yeah. I just don't get it. It's not really interesting. And it's even less interesting when they continue to record bad music and sell it. But anyone who is serious about making their music and working at it, I think that's fantastic whether I relate to the genre or not. |