Russell said of her years working as a missionary in Brazil.
She would always say, If you have these gifts, dont bury them under a rug.
But Russell said that the time has come to put herself out there and pursue her musical dreams.
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But at 15 you dont know how to carry a weight that heavy, Russell admitted.
And so my process has been interesting.
She said she sees that guitar as a symbol of her responsibility tocarry on her Meemaw’s legacy.
I thought I had to be just like her.
I feel like Im more like her than I was whenever I was trying to be like her.
Her essence is literally in my blood, she continued.
And so its like, what if our thing thats alike is the confessional truthfulness?
What if Im not as country as her?
What if we dont sing about the same things, but were still honest within our songs?
Whatever shes doing is working.
Russell survived the biggest cut inAmerican Idolhistory Monday night to move on to the final 24.
