If you have to choose: collector or musician?
That's a tough one, because it's easy to show that you're a collector simply by pointing to a collection. It's harder to show that you are a musician. What's the definition of "musician?" Is musicianship demonstrated when you have good performance chops? If so, then I'm a dancer, not a musician, because I can move myself better than I can move an instrument's keys, strings, or valves. If I write a software program that lets people make music, does that make me a musician? I like to make the argument that it does, and see what people say. It's certainly gratifying to become a tool-builder along the path to becoming a musician.
isn't being a musician easy to show cos you point to one of your records? or play a track. i cant fiond any mention of any of her music here...is this a logn winded excuse for saying she cant write! haha