J. S. Bach

Bach was an amazing guy! I've been doing a lot of research on Classical composers, and I found his life one of the most interesting.
He had a temper, like most composers. Once, he called a fellow musician "Kippelfagottist," and, "Nanny-goat Bassoonist!" The man that Bach was speaking to picked up a stick, Bach drew his sword, and they would have dueled if Bach’s friends had not prevented it!
But he was a devoted family man. He had 20 children! He was unlike composers in the fact that he prefered to compose in the middle of daily life, and not in solitude. He wrote his music in the kitchen of his home, while his wife was cooking, and his children running through. His children were allowed to bother him at any time, and he didn't scold them for it. He also enjoyed transcribing Vivaldi's compositions, which made Vivaldi famous.
He was also a godly man. His son, C. P. E. Bach, was said that the family, "Were in the habit of beginning everything with religion." Bach even wrote a godly poem about his tobacco smoking!

"On land, on sea, and home, abroad,
I smoke my pipe and worship God."

Bach loved listening to music so much that he traveled 200 miles, on foot, only to attend a worship service for Advent. He went because he knew that the renowned organist, Dietrich Buxtehude, would be playing. Bach himself sang, played the organ, and violin, and numerous other instruments.