'Gone-Away World' was a shotgun blast, an explosion out of the box I'd put myself into writing film scripts. 'Tigerman' is shorter, tighter, more crafted.

- Nick Harkaway

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

- Truman Capote

When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.

- Valerie June