Top 18 Quotes & Sayings by Fred Foster

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Fred Foster.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Fred Luther Foster was an American record producer, songwriter, and music business executive who founded Monument Records. As a record producer he was most closely associated with Roy Orbison, and was also involved in the early careers of Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson. Foster suggested to Kris Kristofferson the title and theme of "Me and Bobby McGee", which became a hit for Kristofferson, Roger Miller, and Janis Joplin, and for which Foster received a co-writing credit.

American - Writer | Born: July 26, 1931

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I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.

Fred Foster

Even when I was just designing T-shirts people really gravitated to them.

Fred Foster

I started out doing everything on a custom scale and when that started paying the bills I started making more pieces.

Fred Foster

Somebody once told me if you're doing what you're supposed to you don't have to force it.

Fred Foster

I don't just want to put a price tag on pieces because I can. I don't want put a price tag on pieces that are unreasonable either. Just because people might buy it doesn't mean you won't alienate fans eventually.

Fred Foster

The thing is you can be a great designer but you can also be lazy or not understand the other person's preferences or be more concerned about being a star than being good at what you do.

Fred Foster

I want to be recognized but I don't seek it out.

Fred Foster

I wanted to give people an experience. I wanted them to get their money's worth.

Fred Foster

Even though I wasn't making a lot of money I was enjoying what I was doing.

Fred Foster

I believe that if you work hard enough and do things the right way recognition will come.

Fred Foster

I wasn't able to afford high-end brands or any of that, so I grew up on streetwear.

Fred Foster

I didn't go to school for fashion, I didn't have anybody to teach me anything about fashion - that's all I knew how to do, graphic design.

Fred Foster

Starting out is very difficult if you don't have a clientele.

Fred Foster

I was working a corporate job for years and it always felt restrictive, it felt like I was doing something I wasn't supposed to be doing.

Fred Foster

I started designing and getting into cutting and sewing, I also started learning how to do patterns and tech packs. From there I transitioned from challenging myself to make T-shirts to starting to make custom pieces for celebrities.

Fred Foster

If you don't have customers to sell to, you can't commit to anything with textile factories or manufacturing factories because you don't know if you'll be able to sell the quantities they're asking you to fill.

Fred Foster

I was at work but my soul wasn't there, my body was there but I wasn't connecting to what I was doing. Eventually I decided to get out of there and do something I believe in.

Fred Foster