A. J. McLean

“I'm the type of guy who likes to be there 24-7. I'm Mr. Roses.”

“You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.”

“I shop more than most women.”

“I'll sing outside your window. I'm as old fashioned as they come.”

“Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.”

“Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

“No one's a virgin, life screws us all!”

“There's life outside Backstreet Boys that is going on and continuing.”

“I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.”

“I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.”

“Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.”

“I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.”

“I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.”

“I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.”

“Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.”

“I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.”

“Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.”

“The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.”

“But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.”