The trouble is of course if you work at it, it looks effortless.

And that's what people don't understand.

They say - well its because you're super talented. Well I suppose the diligence required is a sort of talent.

But they see the pleasure generated within yourself and within the audience, and they they think - well I can have a bit of that reading from an exercise book.

You don't want to discourage anyone. Martin Carthy says, the only thing you can do that hurts these songs is ignore them and don't sing them.

And I think maybe... but you can also put other people off folk music - by not working at it hard enough.