Riley Green is enjoying his first season as a coach on The Voice. Green joins newcomer Queen Latifah, along with veteran coaches Kelly Clarkson and Adam Levine, for the current Season 30.
“I don’t like hearing myself talk,” Green admits on Audacy‘s Superstar Power Hour. “But this is one of those things where it’s so cool that I’m on there with those [coaches]. It’s gonna be fun to watch. And also, it’s such a household show. Kids watch it with their grandparents. It’s so multi-genre.”
Green is no stranger to being on TV. He recently guest-starred in several episodes of the hit TV show, Marshals, although he says being on The Voice is much different than the role he portrayed on Marshals.
“This was a lot easier than acting,” Green reveals. “When I was on Marshals, I [was] playing a former Marine with PTSD, and there’s something that’s very serious, and you wanna get that right. It’s something I haven’t lived through. I’ve got to get out of my skin. And on The Voice, I’m just being me.”
Green drew a lot of inspiration from Blake Shelton, who was on The Voice for the first 23 seasons, when deciding how he wanted to be as a coach for this season.
“It was really so helpful to have seen Blake on there, and what he does so well with his personality, his sense of humor, because I knew what I liked about it,” Green says. “So I could kind of say, ‘Okay, well I’m gonna do my version of that.’ And all you have to do is just make fun of Adam for being old, talk about how famous Queen Latifah is, and then talk about how much more country you are than Kelly Clarkson, so that they pick you,” he adds. “It’s easy. Anybody could do it.”
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Riley Green Finds Respite at Home in Alabama
Green spends time out in Los Angeles to film The Voice, and time in Nashville, thanks to his successful music career. Green also spends a lot of time on the road, touring. But when Green needs to unwind, he heads to his farm in Alabama.
“With a lot of the craziness going on in the world, there’s some comfort in this kind of living,” Green tells Country Living. “It’s gonna influence everything I do musically. I’m probably more mindful about it now than I used to be, because when I started writing songs, it was just because I got tired of playing the same covers every week. But I wrote from a place that was very relatable to a lot of people who grew up the way I did. I had a great family around me that influenced me in a lot of ways.”
Green not only unwinds in Alabama, but he finds some of his greatest creative inspiration by returning to where he was born and raised.
“When I started having a little success and signed a record deal, I went to town and started writing with great writers,” Green says. “I realized that I need to make sure I always come back to this place for inspiration, because that’s what got me here. It’s more important now than ever that I come home, and this is where I write not only my favorite songs, but a lot of my biggest songs are written in [my] barn.”
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