“This was written for the little girl in me. I mean, it’s not just one thing. It’s my father talking to me, it’s me talking to me…and “Oh, Father” is not just me dealing with my father. It’s me dealing with all authority figures in my life.”Madonna (293)

“The song ‘Bad Girl’ is about a girl who gets drunk by six and smokes too many cigarettes each day. That’s the chorus but it goes a lot deeper than that, it’s about friends of hers that have died of AIDS. It’s about trying to bring an awareness to a situation that some people still don’t think is real, but it’s everywhere.”Madonna (299)