it was abit the opposite with me Musket.

I was always in awe of artists. people who could write poems etc. I always considered myself to earthy a character, too uneducated to be a creative.
I was deeply influenced by Derek Brimstone - a singer who didn't ostensibly have any pretensions - but infact cared deeply about acoustic guitar playing, and had profound and clever thoughts about the true nature of folk music. not fashionable - all the pressure was to tune the guitar in DADGAD and assume a rustic/Carthy style of vocal delivery.

idealism snuck up on me. I developed pride in what I had done with my life. and an indifference to the official folk world