--- title: "4 Peter Banks Quotes - Famous Guitarist" description: "Peter William Brockbanks, known professionally as Peter Banks, was an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist in the rock bands Yes, Flash, and..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-banks-74692.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Peter Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-banks-74692.jpg) # Peter Banks (1947–2013) Guitarist **4** quotes in **49** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Banks was a guitarist, best known for *Killey's Fractures of the Middle Third of the Facial Skeleton*. ## Quick Facts About Peter Banks Born July 15, 1947 Died March 7, 2013 Profession Guitarist Notable works Killey's Fractures of the Middle Third of the Facial Skeleton ## About Peter Banks Peter William Brockbanks, known professionally as Peter Banks, was an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist in the rock bands Yes, Flash, and Empire; he was also a guitarist for The Syn. Banks has been described as "the architect of progressive music". ## Quotes by Peter Banks > [I've wanted to do it for years, but every attempt at it has turned into another tune. We have actually taken a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-banks/i-ve-wanted-to-do-it-for-years-but-every-attempt-at-it-has-turned/) [Peter Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-banks/) [Actually](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actually/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/peter-banks-70105_actually_i-ve-wanted-to-do-it-for-years-but-every_330381.jpg) > [I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-banks/i-ve-had-lots-of-replies-we-re-into-the-double-figures-now-and-the/) [Peter Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-banks/) [Double standard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/double-standard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/peter-banks-70105_double-standard_i-ve-had-lots-of-replies-we-re-into-the_812890.jpg) > [There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-banks/there-s-not-a-moment-on-it-that-will-sound-too-familiar-as-soon-as-it/) [Peter Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-banks/) [Away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/away/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/peter-banks-70105_away_there-s-not-a-moment-on-it-that-will-sou_1265786.jpg) > [I'm not altogether sure what I'm going to do for that. I think it will be a lot more low key than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-banks/i-m-not-altogether-sure-what-i-m-going-to-do-for-that-i-think-it-will/) [Peter Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-banks/) [Dare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/peter-banks-70105_dare_i-m-not-altogether-sure-what-i-m-going-t_2236079.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-banks/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Banks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've wanted to do it for years, but every attempt at it has turned into another tune. 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