Reuters — AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen told young musicians on Thursday that in this new age of digital music in which he can carry all the songs he's ever loved on a player in his pocket, two things haven't changed: inspiration and t... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Boss offers inspiration (‘bring the noise’) — and cops to stealing from the Animals. more info

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ContactMusic — Bruce Springsteen volunteered a few songwriting secrets during his keynote speech at the South By Southwest festival on Thursday 15Mar12 joking his successes are based on other peoples tunes The Boss turned professor for the afternoon as he talked ab... more info

Chicago Tribune — AUSTIN, TEXAS -- Bruce Springsteen got a few laughs Thursday as he kicked off his South by Southwest Music Conference keynote by enumerating nearly every musical genre under the Texas sun, from jangle-pop and hip-hop to death metal and low-fi. "Just ... more info

Guardian Music — At his keynote speech, the Boss channeled his inner enthusiast with a lengthy autobiographical love-letter to pop musicLegendary singer Bruce Springsteen gave a bravura performance at Texas' South by Southwest conference today, earning a standing ova... more info

The Newsroom — Adele's Reign at #1 is Over- who took her off the top spot?After 23 non-consecutive weeks on the top of the Billboard Charts, Adele's "21" has been knocked off by none other than "The Boss"- Bruce Springsteen.It was a close... more info

USA Today Music — Bruce Springsteen told more than 3,000 listeners to study the masters if they want to be rock stars. more info

Popdose — AUSTIN – Thursday’s keynote address at the South by Southwest (SXSW) music conference was not conducted by Bruce Springsteen the rock star, it was delivered instead by Professor Bruce Springsteen the music historian. Springsteen, perhaps the most... more info

Guardian Music — We never get hit songs written and performed by people with a few years under their belts these days. Why not?Item: Browsing through a music message board the other day, I came across a thread devoted to Tougher Than the Rest, the 1987 single by Bruc... more info