In the last few years they have added the ability to play good hard rock and roll as well as slower, organ-dominated pieces and on a recent tour of England with Jethro Tull they were received quite well. However they tend to look at their career with a mixture of sadness, in that their art goes sometimes unappreciated, and gratitude, that they are still able to do with their lives what they want. Brooker was asked what he would do if the new Procol album, Broken Barricades , sold a million copies. Recognition is one of the most important things an artist can have and there is a well-hidden craving that Reid and Brooker have to get their sounds and thoughts back to the four million audience that they started out with. Like even if we just were to get ten or eleven a year like those it would be worth it.
People write such personal things, such inner thoughts.
Reid is happy when people are moved by his lyrics but sometimes he's at a loss of how to respond to fans. Like all of the group, Reid is rather well-read and articulate. His writing is unlike any other rock poetry around. He has a dark view which gives unique perspective on the world. They were the first rock band to get involved with classical music and they were the first who did get involved to escape getting trapped there.