Do you want to know the real Mozart?

Should we care who he really is?

Beyond the Myths and the Commerce, How Much Is Left of Mozart? (Nicholas Kenyon, IHT/New York Times, 26/7/05)

The first classical music CD I owned was Ashkenazy's Mozart piano concertos nos. 20 and 24. A couple of dozens of Mozart CDs later, I got tired of him, since I thought his music lacked depth. Eventually, I realised that it was me who lacked depth.

To me, only Mozart's music matters. Who he was and what he was like are irrelevant unless such research into the "real" Mozart helps musicians re-interpret his music. Frankly, I doubt it.