#stepped

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#being #bulk #doormat #find #i

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher. ↗

— Rogers Hornsby

#egotistical #every #every time #feel #hands

I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history. ↗

— Glenn Hughes

#beatles #bought #day #electric #electric guitar

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to. ↗

— Patti Page

#anyone #differently #done #i #lot

In fact, because of this deep desire for peace, the ruling class leaders of this land, from 1945 on, stepped up the hysteria and propaganda to drive into American minds the false notion that danger threatened them from the East. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#because #class #danger #deep #deep desire

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair. ↗

— Howell Raines

#i #land #mine #named #stepped

I've stepped more into my business and really... taken control for how I want that to be. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#control #how #i #into #more

I've stepped more into my womanhood, I'm a mother now, I'm having a beautiful relationship as a wife and as a friend. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#friend #having #i #into #more

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#direct #doing #energy #focused #had

The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#never #really #songwriting #stepped