Riley Carter

Some of you were clearly raised by people who confused “having opinions” with “being worth listening to.”

Not everything needs to become a product. Sometimes you make something because the people in the room still know how.

A decade later and rehearsal still starts with four people asking who has the key.

We had a wedding. It was not elegant. Not elaborate. Just perfect.

Will uncle Reg be there?

More or less? That is the question.

I think I'll keep him. ❤️

Muscle memory is a strange kind of grief. Your hands remember before the rest of you is ready.

Sometimes staying functional is the entire accomplishment. It still counts.

Everyone is sending me files called FINAL and none of them are final.

My life is over. 😭

I hate how much I want this to be something. It probably isn’t. That should make it easier.

Hi.

Some days safe feels like bored. Some days bored feels suspicious. Apparently you keep doing it anyway.

They tell you to name five things you can see. Nobody tells you what to do when all five things are doors.

Being good at the schedule is not the same thing as getting better. Annoying distinction.

youre not him your not him i know your not him but theres blood now and i cant remember whose it is or if its still there i keep counting and i keep getting it wrong i know how many there are supposed to be i know i know i cant get the sound out of my head and every time i close my eyes im back there again and somebody is calling me but i cant hear them over the ringing 🔇🔇 i keep thinking if i get the number right maybe itll stop but theres always somebody missing and i know hes not there i know hes not there but i keep looking anyway and i heard him i swear i did i heard him say something and i cant remember what it was and i cant remember if i locked the door or if i was supposed to leave it open 🚪🚪🚪 the cable is red its red i know its red why cant i find it 5 5 5 5 5 no no thats not right 🎸⚡️🎸⚡️🎸 i cant sleep i cant make it quiet i cant keep doing this please make it stop 😭😭😭

You break my nose and I’m still the bad guy. Unreal. I tried to be there for you. I tried to help. I tried to treat you better than the people you keep defending, and this is what I get for it. Hope it was worth it.

I know things have been difficult lately, but you don’t have to shut out the people who are trying to be there for you. I’m not asking for anything. I just wish you’d let somebody help instead of acting like you have to handle everything yourself. You deserve better than what you’ve been putting yourself through.

I guess some people are too busy to answer a message now. 😂 Just remember that not everybody who checks on you wants something from you. Some of us are genuinely trying to be there for you.

If I can still do the thing, everybody needs to stop deciding what it costs me.

You really need to stop apologizing for taking up space. I hate seeing talented people made to feel like they have to ask permission to exist. Especially when the people who should be encouraging them are too wrapped up in their own problems to notice. You deserve better than that.

Stop asking if I’m tired. People who are tired get to sleep.

I know you don’t like compliments, but I’m going to give you one anyway. You looked incredible tonight. And before anybody makes it weird, I’m talking about the performance. Mostly. Seriously, though. You should smile more. You’ve got a beautiful one.

Playing the notes is not the same as listening. Apparently this is controversial.

New year, new beginnings. I hope this is the year you start putting yourself first instead of letting other people’s problems decide what your life is supposed to look like. You’ve got too much going for you to spend it waiting for somebody else to figure themselves out.

You’ve got one of the best voices I’ve heard in a long time. Don’t let anybody convince you to play it safe. Some of us actually appreciate what you’re capable of. 😉

Good talking with you tonight. It’s refreshing to meet somebody in this business who still cares about the music instead of just the image. You deserve to have people around you who take you seriously.

You cannot schedule somebody back into being okay. I know. I checked.

No emergency is not the same thing as fine.

If you have to say “no offense” first, you already know you should shut up.

I’m still angry. Apparently that can be true at the same time as everything else.

Congratulations on taking one bad situation and somehow making it two.

Sometimes progress is just making the same mistake quieter.

four.

I don’t think a song is finished just because everyone is tired of arguing about it.

Home.

If he keeps explaining why it wasn’t really his fault, he knows it was.

“Sorry” is not a reset button you get to press every time you scare somebody.