Many times, I came up with musical phrases that were sort of fun, out of the ordinary, and fluffy. (kh13.com)
Jazz musicians interviewed by Chella talked of having a mental library of musical phrases that they were able to combine in new ways when prompted by other musicians. (newscientist.com)
When the novelist's character Swann hears a stirring little musical phrase as he is falling in love, that ineffable phrase - «airy and perfumed» - unseals an otherwise inaccessible part of him and amplifies his being. (joanmitchellfoundation.org)