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Today Is The Greatest Day I've Ever Known Can't Live For Tomorrow, Tomorrow's Much Too Long.
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Today Is The Greatest Day I've Ever Known Can't Live For Tomorrow, Tomorrow's Much Too Long.

Understanding the Quote: "today is the greatest day i've ever known can't live for tomorrow,..."

This quote by Billy Corgan reflects deeply on the theme of long. It connects to the universal human journey of purpose, motivation, and reflection. Often categorized under Long, Today, Tomorrow, the quote offers insight, emotional clarity, and intellectual inspiration to readers worldwide.

Whether you’re a student exploring new ideas, a leader trying to motivate your team, or someone seeking direction in life — this quote provides value. It resonates because it’s more than words — it’s a bridge between experience and wisdom. It shows how Billy Corgan interprets life's core challenges and triumphs.

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Wrestling Is One Of The Last Truly Rebellious American Things Left.
Wrestling
Lasts
Rebellious
The Killer In Me Is The Killer In You.
Song
Philosophy
Killers
I'm Viewed As This Weird, Crippled Character. But You Got To Take Your Lumps.
Character
Crippled
Lumps
That's The Real Endeavor: To Try To Create That Direct Conduit From The Pure Consciousness Of Your Creative Voice To The Person Who's A Craftsman Who Can Go Into The World And Consistently Deliver New Things Worth Paying Attention To.
Real
Voice
Creative
My Earliest Memory Is Of Feeling Different. My Parents Told Me That I Wasn't Like Other Children.
Children
Memories
Parent
Everybody Can Close Their Eyes, Picture A Dream House Or A Perfect Place [where] They'd Like To Have A Picnic. But Actually Creating It - How Do You Create Something From Nothing? Anyone Who's Creative Understands That That's The Magic, That's The Alchemy.
Dream
Eye
Creating
I Don't Think I'm Before My Time, I Just Don't Think I'm In My Time.
Thinking
My Time
There's A Lot Of Ufo Sightings In New Orleans, Which Isn't Really Too Surprising. There's A Lotta Crazy People There. The People There Lack The Intelligence To Know What They Are Seeing, So That's Why The Ufo's Go There.
Crazy
New Orleans
People
I Had Concussions As A Kid Playing Football And Basketball, And Know What It Feels Like And To Have Someone Say 'just Rub Some Dirt On It, And Get Back In There.'
Inspirational
Basketball
Football
For Someone Who's Had The Level Of Success I've Had, There's Been Very Little Critical Review Of My Work, Which Is Pretty Fascinating.
Critical Spirit
Levels
Littles
I Don't Wanna Play This Kind Of Cartoon Character Anymore.
Character
Play
Cartoon
Music Is 99% Of My Life. But I Know I Need A Break. Besides, If You Give People Too Much, They Start To Not Want It. We Need To Restrain Ourselves.
People
Giving
Needs
All Humans Are Part Male And Part Female. The Other Side Must Be Explored To Gain Complete Understanding Ofourselves And The World We Live In. Forme, The Idea Of Having A Feminine Perspective Is A Willingness To Be Vulnerable.
Ideas
Perspective
Understanding
I Created A Paradigm By Which I Could Succeed, And Up Until Recently It Was The Only Way I Could Do It. I Could Not Take The Brunt Of Standing In The Light Of My Own Work. There Was A Faustian Bargain I Could Not Make. I Could Have You Mock Me For Wearing Funny Clothes That I Could Deal With. But I Couldn't Deal With Actually Standing In The Light Of My Own Musical Power. That's The Difference Now. It's Like, Okay, No More Of That, You're Done.
Musical
Done
Succeed
Why Is It That All Non-conformists Look The Same?
Looks
Non Conformist
Conformist
The Smashing Pumpkins Was Never Meant To Be A Small Band. It Was Going To Either Be A Big Band, Or A No Band.
Band
Pumpkin
Bigs
Instead Of Taking The 'i'm Cool, I Hope You Adore Me' Path (with My Music), I Chose The Path Of How To Connect. I Think That's The Reason A Lot Of People Feel A Deeper Connection With Our Band Than Other Bands, And I Also Feel That's Why People Polarize On Us. If You Don't Get It, It Seems Preposterous; If You Do Get It, It's Really Heavy - It Has A Weight To It.
Thinking
People
Path
That Was A Terrible Super Bowl, I Have To Say. I Mean You Got The Big Peyton Manning Walk Off Into The Sunset Win, But What A Shnoozo.
Sunset
Mean
Winning
Actually, I Was Having Dinner With Michael [stipe, Of R.e.m.] When Our Second Album Went Platinum, Which Up Until That Point Was The Highest Success We'd Ever Had. And He Turned To Me During Dinner And Said, 'welcome To The Deep Waters, Kid.' I'll Never Forget That.
Kids
Deep Water
Albums
Now The Expectation Is That, Once The Public Decides That The Artist Is Gentrified, The Public Demands That The Artist Stop Growing. And [the Public] Actually Puts All Their Energy Into Reasserting Or Re-establishing What The Artist Has Long Ago Left Behind. Because That's What They Want. The Source Of Creativity, The Gift That's Been Given, Be Damned.
Creativity
Artist
Long Ago
I Usually Wake Up Far After Breakfast. That's As Much As You're Going To Find Out About My Dietary Requirements Other Than Marijuana And Vodka.
Marijuana
Wake Up
Breakfast
I Think Humankind Is Going To Have To Evolve Into Systems That Are More Transparent. Then People Will Be Able To Make More Integral Choices About The Food They Eat.
Thinking
People
Choices
I Reached A Point In My Life Where I Felt Like I Was Living Through Some Old Character.
Character
Felt
That's At The Root Of The Human Interaction: Fair Trade.
Roots
Trade
Interaction
I Think Rock & Roll Has Prepared Me For A Lot Of Flexibility.
Thinking
Rocks
Prepared
It's Wonderful To Read Interviews By Old Blues Guys - They Talk About All Their Influences, They Talk About Who Taught Them How To Play, And Who They Saw, And How They Were Determined To Play That Way.
Play
Guy
Way
Intoxicated With The Madness I'm In Love With My Sadness Bullshit Beggars, Enchanted Kingdom Fashion Victims Through Their Charcoaled Teeth
Fashion
Sadness
Bullshit
I Mean, I'm Certainly Not A 'teaophyte,' Or Whatever The Word Would Be.
Mean
Would Be
Stay In School. Lie To Your Teachers, But Stay In School.
Teacher
Lying
School
If I Have Resistance To Something, It Means There's Something Wrong. The Resistance To Me Is A Sign Of Fear.
Mean
Resistance
Ifs
In The Beginning, Though, I Have To Admit That I Did Have A Chip On My Shoulder. I Did Want To Prove Everyone Wrong. But After I Went Through The Process And Came Out The Other Side, It Wasn't About Anyone Else.
Want
Sides
Chips
These Days You're Not Just Competing With The Tedium, You're Competing With The Cellphone.
Tedium
These Days
Competing
The Desire To Hit A Big Home Run Is Dominating The Music Business.
Running
Business
Home
There Is Something Mighty Suspicious About Declaring An Emergency For Something That Has Yet To Show Itself To Be A Grand Pandemic.
Emergencies
Pandemics
Shows
As A 28 Year Old Who's Lived Long Enough To Know The Difference, I Know Now That The Feelings I Felt An 16 Were Not Necessarily Correct. But However Overly Dramatic, The Desperation And Hopelessness I Felt At 16 Was My Reality.
Reality
Years
Differences
You Give Me A @#$%& Kazoo And I'll Write You A Good Song.
Song
Writing
Giving
I'm Like The Fugitive, Running From The One-armed Indie-rock Community!
Running
Rocks
Indie Rock
Where Is This Great Love For Rock And Roll That Existed For 50 Or 60 Years?
Rocks
Years
Rock And Roll
It Seems To Me That References To Bands Like Black Sabbath And Led Zeppelin Meant More To Me A Year Ago And All Those Old Things Are Totally Losing Importance.
Years
Old Things
Black
It Makes Me Crazy To Think That Somebody Might Attack My City Or Any Other City.
Crazy
Thinking
Cities
I Think The Days Of Working With Producers In The Conventional Sense Are Over For Me.
Thinking
Producers
Conventional
People Act Like Nirvana Invented Grunge; They Just Took It And Personified It.
People
Grunge
I'm Not Interested In Pop Art.
Art
Pops
Not Interested
Like Any Form Of Death, At Some Point You Just Have To Get Up And Say Yeah I'll Take It, Whatever's Gonna Happen Is Gonna Happen And Sorta Chop Your Head Off. It's Easy To Avoid All That...there's Always Another Moment, Another Girl, Another High, Another Drug, There's Always Something To Distract You.
Girl
Drug
Moments
I Feel Completely Free To Do Whatever I Want And How I Want To Do It. I Feel Unburdened By My Past.
Past
Want
My Past
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