Rodney Crowell

Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry.

Algerian Musician

Emily Oster

I had always been told that you shouldn't clean the litter box when you're pregnant, because of your cat. And I think that is overblown - unless you have, like, three kittens in your house that are living outside and eating raw meat, this shouldn't really be a significant source of concern.

American Economist

Martin Luther King III

African Americans are not going to be fooled by any group supported by industrial polluters. They know climate change is real and that we have to do something about it. Only 3 percent believe concern about climate change is overblown.

American Activist

Frank Miller

In the comic-book world, there tends to be an overblown sense of tradition. Bad habits die hard. There are ways I think the form could work more effectively if we lost the bad habits that were created before we were born.

American Artist

Rowan Atkinson

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very good at his job.

English Comedian

Jhonen Vasquez

When I'm writing the book I'm laughing at just how overblown the characters seemed. How full of himself he seems. But I didn't get far enough in the series to really drive the joke of it home.

American Cartoonist

Judge Reinhold

I was spoiled and I was arrogant. I was very demanding, had an overblown image of who I was and got a reputation for being difficult. And rightfully so.

American Actor

Alex Smith

This is the honest truth: I could absolutely care less on yards per game. I think that's a totally overblown stat.

American Athlete

Giles Deacon

People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.

British Designer

Joe R. Lansdale

People in my town were not that into reading, but the overblown way Texans told stories was important.

American Writer

It usually implies an unnecessary level of exaggeration, often in a critical tone.

Often Negative

Question the validity of overblown statements to understand if the reality is less extreme.

Check the Facts

Commonly used in marketing to describe promotions that exaggerate benefits.

Marketing Context

It refers to a specific way of playing an instrument, not just general loudness.

Musical Technique

Overblown sounds suggest the musician lacks control over airflow or dynamics.

Need for Control

Sometimes intentional to produce a special effect or emphasize a musical idea.

Intended Effect

 that political concerns are kind of overblown, that actually, political leaders don't have that much influence in the world, that the real determination of humanity at this point is by science, by invention, by companies,