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Making statements such as "Here’s the thing: Mozart wasn’t that great." and "Are you a prodigy? No? Well neither was Mozart." shows just how much this guy can't be taken seriously. How would he know? Did he know Mozart? Also, I highly suspect that he has no formal classical training nor does he understand Mozart's genius.

I really hope this doesn't turn into another 12-page debate on nature vs. nurture.

hard work, i hear.

I might read a magazine called Business Insider to learn how to cheat and steal, but not to learn anything useful about music.

It should be noted that Business Insider is kind of a joke of a site. It's very popular in creating "viral" material, much in the same way BuzzFeed does. It uses it's "fancy" sounding name to make it sound important, but it's nothing but a generator of slideshows of the "20 best" something or other.

I don't think Mozart cares about what others think about his so-called prodigy status.

He wrote great pieces of music as an adult, but he wasn't the only composer in his time. Sometimes people tend to forget that.

There is no greatest composer of all times.

Agreed! (Except for Bach. )

-J

(You mistyped.)

thank you for pointing this out.