"there are some people who think my sort of music doesn't even have the right to regard itself as folk music"

The answer that poped into my head has to do with a story (untrue but purported to be true and believed by lots of people including me) about WC Fields on his deathbed.

A close friend (Lionel B) was in with him and Fields said, in that Fields voice, "Lionel, when I think about the dogs and orphans I have snapped at, the children I've been mean to, well, Lionel, I'm sorry. Fields' head dropped to the pillow and he exhaled deeply and no air could be heard reentering, Mr Barrymore began to leave the room. As he was about to exit, he heard WC behind him say, "Lionel, on second thought, fuck 'em!" Whereupon WC Fields did expire.