Creativity Quote by Daisy Berkowitz

Nine guitars is a humblebrag dressed up as a shrug, and that’s exactly why it lands. Daisy Berkowitz frames “collecting” as “obvious,” using a casual, almost deadpan logic that music people will recognize instantly: once you’ve crossed a certain threshold of gear, you stop pretending it’s purely practical. The line isn’t about arithmetic; it’s about identity. Owning nine guitars signals devotion, obsession, and a private mythology of tone-chasing - each instrument tied to a mood, a tuning, a song, a past version of yourself.

The specific intent reads like a wink at the audience: yes, this is a lot, and yes, I know how it sounds. By putting “obviously” in there, Berkowitz preempts judgment and turns it into a shared joke. The subtext is equal parts pleasure and self-justification. Musicians rarely call it hoarding; they call it a toolkit. But “collecting” admits what the “tool” narrative can’t: some instruments are kept for their story, their feel, their symbolism, even if they spend most of their lives in a case.

Context matters because Berkowitz comes out of a rock ecosystem where gear is both fetish object and creative prosthetic. In that world, accumulation can be a stand-in for mastery, scarcity, or survival - the need to be ready for whatever sound the next track demands. The humor softens the compulsion, but it also reveals it: the collection isn’t excess; it’s a map of influence, ambition, and the endless belief that the next guitar might finally be the one.