Anderson Cooper

There was a sound that delivered this young girl who was ridiculed by all the people around her.

There was a sound that gave her a transcendent feeling.

And I read this and I'm like, well, this fits exactly with the way Kathy was with me.

Her key to salvation was music.

Yeah, yeah.

What was Kathy like?

Kathy was a deep feeling romantic.

And so am I. And so much of what I learned about her underlined the things that made me kind of who I am and the choices that I made.

And so that was an example of an older sister coming through the mists of time, loss, grief,

being expelled from huge parts of her life when she walked the earth, coming back to speak so clearly and so eloquently to me about music.

I remember going through the hallways of these spotless hospitals and doctors' buildings in L.A.

They were searching for a diagnosis on my sister.

And I just remember the drives home, Anderson.

Everybody was so distraught.

And there was nobody that kind of bent down and said, look, I know what you're going through.

Let's look to find some kind of comfort for this young girl.

I don't think they ever heard a kind voice like that.

And a lot of it was the time and place, I think.

So much shame.

And she left us without getting that kind of a helping hand from a doctor or a program.