"You could say this was a natural step for me," she said.

Back then, marriage would have been the next natural step.

With a resume like that, running for president was a natural next step.

A school, he said, would be a natural next step.

Being the daughter of two parents in the music industry, a career along that road seemed a natural step to take.

It seems a natural step for the designer to take.

"The natural next step is a working relationship," he said.

"It's the next natural step for my work," she said recently.

"But on the other hand, playing with them feels like the next natural step."

"My thought was, what would be a natural next step?"