I don't feel comfortable when people call me an impersonator. I see myself as a performer of his material ... I know enough about him to know how different we are.

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In general, people know (Russell) was an artist. My joy is letting people know he was a storyteller and a writer, too.

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I was wondering why more hadn't been done with him in modern culture. I had just not seen anything about him and I wondered why.

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