Chicago Tribune — AUSTIN, TEXAS -- It was Bruce Springsteen day Thursday at the South by Southwest Music Conference, but the singer instead turned the spotlight on his fellow artists. more info

Gigwise — The Boss puts the 'special' into special guests as Tom Morello also performs more info

Chorus.fm — *Bruce Springsteen (http://www.absolutepunk.net/brucespringsteen)* gave the keynote at SXSW Thursday. Naturally, you can watch it in the replies. It's an hour long - but it's worth the watch. I guess the guy can write speeches too. His world tour kic... more info

The Newsroom — Bruce Springsteen gives music lesson in keynote speech to SXSW. more info

Starpulse — Bruce Springsteen volunteered a few songwriting secrets during his keynote speech at the South By Southwest festival on Thursday, joking his successes are based on other people's tunes. The Boss t... more info

411 Mania — He spoke for an hour and received a standing ovation… more info

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

Monsters and Critics — more info

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