A. J. McLean Quotes

When you can have a relationship that's like that to where everything is out in the open, you are up front, and there is open communication, it makes for a great relationship.

Intimacy, as I am using it, is sharing my reality with you.

I've found that if I say what I'm really thinking and feeling, people are more likely to say what they really think and feel. The conversation becomes a real conversation.

Don't lie to your partner. Ultimately the expression on your face gives you away, and they feel betrayed by the lie. If this is the person you're going to be with - forever and ever, for better or worse - they will love you for all of your good and all of your bad. They'll love you for you. So open communication is key. I have no secrets and no skeletons in my closet with my husband, and I love that. I feel comfortable and at ease with myself when I'm around him. I love the woman that I've become with him.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.

My best advice would be that you have to be vulnerable with each other. Like, everyone says you have to be honest, you have to communicate; like, yes, of course, but you gotta be willing to be vulnerable.

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings, I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.

Trust leads to approachability and open communications.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

I feel like the more I share, the more relatable I am.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.

If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.

I feel like the more real we are, the more people will respect that.