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Tom Petty
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Because he liked films and books and records? Get a grip.
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There's more to it than that! If he was a savage ISFP, he would enjoy getting the shit beaten out of him by his father and partaking in violent activities. Plus ISFP's notoriously hate the arts.
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Upon further consideration, I think this is correct. I do remember when reading Jung that he related Se with the pleasure of abuse from a paternal figure; it is a very complex psychology commonly observed in Se users. Conclusion: He is not ISFP.
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Errrr...ISFPs are supposed to be probably THE most artistic type? (which would match up with any experience I have of them?). I assumed that was supposed to be a joke, about them hating the arts?
I could go with ISFP for Mr Petty.
I could go with ISFP for Mr Petty.
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We're mocking themarlins' ridicolous assumption that he's not ISFP because.. I don't know what his argument was to be honest, that Tom Petty likes books and music and not sports?
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I did a little research and got different results than you on two of them. Here's what I found. Ernest Hemingway: ESTP; F. Scott Fitzgerald: ENTP; Zelda Fitzgerald: ESFP; Agatha Christie: INFJ; and William Wordsworth: ISFP.
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Typing Tom Petty
Tom Petty has been my favorite musician since his first album in 1976. I've watched a lot of his interviews. The man is not an introvert.
I found an article at idrlabs.com called "How to Fail at Typing Musicians." Its author says that trying to type a musician from his/her songs rather than him/her as a person will never give an accurate type.
In my opinion, you can't type them from how they are in concert, either. Most solo singers -- from operatic divas to R&B singers to rock stars -- have a performing persona. It's something that they put on for a show and take off when it's over. You have to watch or read interviews.
When I searched for it, I found Petty typed as both ENFP and ESFP. I think he was an ESFP. He seemed like the class clown type. He was a total goofball. Look at some early photos. You can see it in some of them. You can also see it in a concert he did for, I think, MTV. I don't know how long ago.
Heres the link to the article: https://www.idrlabs.com/articles
Tom Petty has been my favorite musician since his first album in 1976. I've watched a lot of his interviews. The man is not an introvert.
I found an article at idrlabs.com called "How to Fail at Typing Musicians." Its author says that trying to type a musician from his/her songs rather than him/her as a person will never give an accurate type.
In my opinion, you can't type them from how they are in concert, either. Most solo singers -- from operatic divas to R&B singers to rock stars -- have a performing persona. It's something that they put on for a show and take off when it's over. You have to watch or read interviews.
When I searched for it, I found Petty typed as both ENFP and ESFP. I think he was an ESFP. He seemed like the class clown type. He was a total goofball. Look at some early photos. You can see it in some of them. You can also see it in a concert he did for, I think, MTV. I don't know how long ago.
Heres the link to the article: https://www.idrlabs.com/articles
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If you were deciding between ENFP and ESFP, wouldn't a class clown/goofball persona indicate the NP side of things?
Regardless, I just watched some of this interview and I'd vote for INFP.
He has an outwardly neutral, pointed/emphatic way of speaking, with inward emotive draws paired with an indefinite wavering.
The part of the interview from 1:36 shows an Fi-Ne-Si-Te order of processing, going from personal connection, to brainstorming and memory recall, finishing up with process-based reasoning.
He also reminds me of Marilyn Manson, who's probably an INFP.
