Riley Green Admits He’s Been Taking on Too Much Between ‘The Voice,’ Acting And Touring

When it comes to Riley Green’s career, his biggest concern is making sure he takes advantage of every opportunity that comes his way. With a packed touring schedule, new music to write, acting roles, and a new gig as a coach on The Voice, is he taking on too much, or does he thrive on staying busy?

The country star joins Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country to discuss how he balances filming the singing competition with life on the road and whether all the different commitments has left him feeling overwhelmed.

“The problem now is I am doing too much and I know it, and it’s hard to even really explain to people,” he admits.

Being busy is nothing new to Green as he has been touring for years and played hundreds, if not thousands, of shows. However things started to get a bit trickier when it wasn’t just about the music. Last year in the middle of touring, he filmed his role for Season 1 of the CBS Yellowstone spinoff, Marshals, which premiered in April 2026. Now, amid another headline run, he’s simultaneously filming The Voice.

“I mean, I’m literally working every single day. I’m flying to L.A., filming Sunday through Wednesday, flying to go play shows that weekend and then flying back and done that for about two months,” he explained.

With everything he has going on, the Alabama native has been forced to take a temporary step back from writing. However, he’s learned to be okay with easing up on that part of his career, as he recognizes that trying to do too much can end up taking away from the quality of his music. Green has still used his time wisely during the busier months, making sure to write down song ideas and record voice memos until he has the time to dedicate to creating a full song.

“Everybody in music probably struggles with this, the music suffers a little bit when you get spread too thin, which is crazy because that’s the most important thing,” he acknowledged. “But I end up writing a lot of titles. I end up starting a lot of stuff. And so when I’m busy, I’m still in that head space and I’ll write it down on my phone or do a little voice memo.”

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He plans to finally slow down around Thanksgiving and he can finally put his thoughts to paper which in the past has resulted in him penning 10 songs in a week. As a result of this method, Green ends up with plenty of songs that are solo writes, but that doesn’t mean he’s opposed to cutting a song that he didn’t write.

“I feel like if you don’t cut outside songs, you’re mindfully making that decision, which to me, I’m like, knowing nothing about a career when I go into music, I would think to myself, ‘Man, I wish I wrote that.’ If you’ve ever though that way about a song, you should cut an outside song because… who hasn’t felt that way?”

He added, “Financially there’s incentives to cut things you wrote, publishing or whatever, but I don’t write for them to make publishing money. They’re not all going to be radio hits by any means. So yeah, I try to cut… I look for songs that I think sound like something I would’ve written, so it’s me, but melody-wise usually is what draws me to it as something I wouldn’t have come up with. Because musically, you’re only as good as you can play, really, or what you can imagine.”

Right now, fans can catch Riley Green on The Voice as he guides members of his team towards the finale each Monday night on NBC and on the road for his Cowboy As It Gets Tour .