Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing.
“I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I'm not too fond of the P.A. either.”
“I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.”